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Apr- 2024 -

10 April

UK Won’t Stop Weapons Export to Israel: Cameron

The British government has concluded it can keep sending weapons to Israel, rejecting pressure to suspend exports over charges of humanitarian violations in Gaza.

5 April

Land

Rojoef Manuel

Lebanon Accepts Additional Land Rover Spare Parts From UK

The UK has delivered additional Land Rover spare parts to Lebanon as part of London’s Conflict, Stability, and Security Fund program.

5 April

Air

Pictured: A Merlin Mk4 of 845 NAS performs a snow landing using MAOTS BV Vehicles as reference. 845 NAS and CDO MOAT TRAIN WITH RN MEDICS IN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT. 845 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) and the Commando Mobile Air Operation Team (Cdo MAOT) have conducted training with the Medical Squadron of Commando Logistic Regiment. The objective of the training was to teach the attached Royal Marines, Royal Navy Medical Assistants, Naval Nurses, and Medical Officers of the Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs) and as a group, known as the Commando Forward Surgical Group (CFSG) in Stage 1 Evacuation drills from the Merlin Mk4 and Arctic Casualty Loading Drills in the field. As the CFSG team were dropped off by 845 NAS, Cdo MAOT assisted by the MAOT team of the Joint Helicopter Support Squadron (JHSS) took over the training by first getting them into a ‘Arctic Huddle’ to protect themselves from the freezing downwash of the merlin as they took back off. The CFSG were then shown how to assess suitable Helicopter Landing Sites in deep snow and frozen areas. Op CLOCKWORK (Formally Exercise CLOCKWORK) has been running at Bardufoss for over 50 years and delivers Environmental Flying Qualifications, Cold Weather Survival, Tent Group Commanders and Snow and Ice driving courses to ensure that the personnel of the Joint Helicopter Command (JHC) are trained to operate in the harshest of environments.

Rojoef Manuel

Safran to Continue Engine Support for Royal Navy Merlin Helicopters

The UK has awarded Safran Helicopter Engines a contract to extend support for Royal Navy Merlin medium-lift rotorcraft engines.

5 April

Europe

Two soldiers are seen operating two black-and-white Lynx Brutal Over Snow Reconnaissance Vehicles in the middle of a snowfield. The soldiers are wearing white as camouflage to blend in well with their surroundings.

Juster Domingo

UK Royal Marines to Purchase 159 Snowmobiles for Arctic Ops

The UK Royal Marines are investing $12.6 million in 159 snowmobiles for Arctic missions.

3 April

Europe

Joe Saballa

UK Conducts Surprise Readiness Check of Global Response Force

The British Army has initiated a no-notice readiness check of its Global Response Force amid the escalating tensions in the region.

3 April

War

Image of humanitarian aid, seen here being airdropped over Gaza from a RAF A400M aircraft today (25/03/2024). The Royal Air Force airdropped over 10 tonnes of food supplies into Gaza for the first time on Monday, as part of international efforts to provide life-saving assistance to civilians. The aid, which consists of water, rice, cooking oil, flour, tinned goods and baby formula, will support the people of Gaza. The Defence Secretary authorised the airdrop following an assessed reduction in threat to the military mission and risk to civilians. An RAF A400M flew from Amman, Jordan to airdrop this aid along the northern coastline of Gaza, as part of the Jordanian-led international aid mission. UK personnel worked closely with the Royal Jordanian Air Force to plan and conduct this mission.

Rojoef Manuel

UK, Netherlands Airdrop Humanitarian Aid for Gaza

The British and Dutch governments have deployed their air forces to the Middle East to supply humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.

Mar- 2024 -

25 March

Europe

Joe Saballa

UK Military is Not AI-Ready, Says Defense Official

The UK military is not yet ready to fully adopt artificial intelligence (AI) into its systems despite increasing global initiatives to the technology for modern warfare.

22 March

Technology