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Deployments A soldier fires a machine gun from a shelter.

Paratroopers pack a punch on Swift Response

Deployments A row of six Apache helicopters sit on a runway as they undergo pre-flight checks.

Helicopters take off for Steadfast Defender

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An image of an armoured vehicle, it is positioned in front of a forest

British Army moves a step closer to the next generation mobile fires platform

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An image of Challenger 3, the British Army's latest tank prototype.

British Army’s most lethal tank prototype rolls off production line

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Wildcats on the prowl in Estonia

True, the Apache AH-64E attack helicopter may well steal the lime light with its devastating fire power and menacing looks, and, of course, the evocative wokka-wokka signature note of the all too familiar twin rotor CH47 Chinook is mightily impressive as it swoops down to disgorge whatever lies within its belly; however, spare a thought and a few plaudits for their pint-sized battle space colleague, the Wildcat.

15 May 2024

Ceremonial His Majesty the King and The Prince of Wales stand in front of an attack helicopter.

King Charles gives Prince William senior role with Army Air Corps

13 May 2024

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By air to battle on Steadfast Defender

By parachute, helicopter and airlanding, the British Army’s global response force has shown how it could rapidly reinforce NATO troops in Estonia in the event of a crisis.

13 May 2024

Deployments Soldiers build shelters on the side of their armoured vehicle.

British Armour rolls in as Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024 gets underway in Poland

British troops and armoured vehicles have started training in Poland as part of NATO’s largest exercise in a generation.

10 May 2024

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British Army deploys 3D printing in the field

The British Army is in the vanguard of the development and implementation of deployable additive manufacturing processes or to put it more simply, 3D printing in the field. Through project Brokkr it has delivered a first for UK Defence, the means whereby the metal manufacturing process is taken out of the confines of a laboratory environment and placed on the back of a truck so that it can be deployed anywhere in the field.

10 May 2024

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