...and developer. Today I am blogging about the role I play as a woman in engineering as part of International Women in Engineering Day. With a degree in mechanical engineering...
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...and The Rifles. The programme uses archaeology to aid in the recovery of soldiers who are sick, wounded or were injured on operations in Afghanistan. Last November, volunteers discovered remains...
![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)
...the Fire Service, or the MOD, but need to be left to burn out on their own. Recent Salisbury Plain fires An important international training exercise took place on Salisbury...
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...mechanisms in a four week period which is no mean feat. The total targetry fleet consists of 600 Light Target Mechanisms, 600 Heavy Target Mechanisms and 10 Mover Target Mechanisms....
...lucky journalist from the Daily Express an exclusive tour of the Plain to help them find out about how DIO balances the requirements of military training with the need to...
...an audio visual camera system to capture and review training. Soldiers need to be prepared to fight in urban areas and the new facility has been built to help provide...
...the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Landmarc to monitor bumblebees at Castlemartin Ranges, to find out how they use nectar across the site. The results have shown that Castlemartin retains a...
...increasing efficiency, providing quality advice, innovation and listening to customer feedback. They also provide crucial financial data and information on the condition of the Defence estate to help other Defence...
...service, to ensuring an assault course is safe to use, to designing infrastructure supporting maritime ports, to designing runways. Join us I hope my blog inspires tomorrow’s engineers to join...
...There are almost too many highlights to mention but a few come to mind. Standing on a bleak Welsh hillside watching RAF aircraft take part in a large-scale trial to...