...control tower. [Crown Copyright] I am one of a six man team who ensure that the Training Area meets the needs of defence. Between us we arrange for any unit...
Project SLAM. It’s a memorable name and stands for ‘Single Living Accommodation Modernisation’, which is a long-running contract to provide thousands of the MOD’s bedrooms for single personnel. A new...
...soldiers to practice small-scale infantry manoeuvres and for logistical exercises but is also popular with local people for walking, horse riding and cycling. The Common is also a Site of...
...Head DIO's Future Procurement Group (Crown Copyright) For some years now NGEC has been running as a major programme, developing a new suite of cost-effective prime contracts that will deliver...
...for ways to meet the ultimate objective of delivering a safe place to train, live and work for the military and their families. The ‘steely determination’ to carry on with...
...allowed by their tenants’ licence and as required by Natural England for the management of the grassland. Again there is a need for a fine balancing act between the needs...
...on improvements to 3,800 properties which this year will include 1,400 new bathrooms, 1,100 new kitchens, 180 new boilers, 600 replacement doors and windows and 600 new roofs. Supporting military...
A PC-24 in service for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. [Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia/2019] What’s the connection between DIO and Australia’s famous Flying Doctor? Until last...
...sorts of capacities, including for cavalry, pulling supplies, artillery and hospital wagons. In 1917, there were nearly 870,000 horses and mules working for the Army, often in much the same...
![Firefighters from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service monitoring the fire on Salisbury Plain Training Area. [Photograph courtesy of Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service]](https://insideDIO.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2018/08/20180706_210200-1024x768.jpg)
...around the world, to enable our Armed Forces to be ready for operations and deployments. We manage around two thirds of the 223,800 hectares that the MOD owns, and a...