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A major construction project is underway to deliver modern, sustainable Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for Army personnel at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).

• Updated: 16 May 2024

Over a thousand properties have been brought back into use for the Armed Forces and their families thanks to £400m investment in military accommodation.

• Updated: 10 May 2024

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has created an ideal ‘dance floor’ for a mating display by the endangered black grouse.

• Updated: 3 May 2024

A significant improvement to accommodation for hundreds of personnel at RAF Lossiemouth has been completed, following the handover of Peterhead House, the seventh and final of a series of new Single Living Accommodation (SLA…

• Updated: 10 April 2024

Construction has completed on a new c.£12 million band facility for Army musicians at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).

• Updated: 9 April 2024

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed an £8.9 million project to resurface the alpha loop at Mount Pleasant Complex airfield on the Falkland Islands.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

The annual Ministry of Defence (MOD) Sanctuary Awards were held today, 19 March, recognising the outstanding sustainability and conservation efforts across the MOD in the past year.

• Updated: 19 March 2024

A search has been launched by the DIO for the artist of a striking painting that depicts the brutal reality of the Falklands War.

• Updated: 4 January 2024

It has been agreed that Hard Facilities Management services for the Volunteer Estate will be delivered by the MOD Built Estate contracts following the Volunteer Estate Value for Money Study.

• Updated: 12 December 2023

The MOD is urging all wildlife enthusiasts heading to Donna Nook during the pupping season to be vigilant of military debris and unexploded ordnance (UXO).

• Updated: 11 December 2023

Extremely rare footage of a pair of jaguars displaying mating behaviours has been captured in a training area used by the British Army in Belize.

• Updated: 29 November 2023

Thousands of military homes will be modernised, with preparation work already underway, and repair staffing bolstered ahead of the winter period.

• Updated: 14 November 2023

A ground-breaking Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) funded project has restored an area of wetland on the River Avon in Wiltshire.

• Updated: 26 October 2023

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visited multiple military locations, vowing for personnel to remain at the heart of our Armed Forces.

• Updated: 1 October 2023

The well-loved 'Bulford Kiwi' monument has been restored after an RAF helicopter flew in 10 tonnes of chalk.

• Updated: 29 September 2023

Rare species of blue butterfly has been sighted as a result of the restoration of habitats at military training area in Angus, Scotland.

• Updated: 29 July 2023

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) archaeologists are using the world’s first global Historic Environment Record (HER), an online database which will revolutionise the management of heritage on the MOD’s UK and overse…

• Updated: 16 January 2023

Serving personnel and their families will be better supported through the Defence Accommodation Strategy that will prioritise needs over military ranks.

• Updated: 20 October 2022

HRH The Princess Royal visits Remount Barracks for new sustainable facility and met Service personnel and military working dogs.

• Updated: 29 April 2022

Take a rare glimpse at the unique biodiversity of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s site near Salisbury.

• Updated: 3 March 2022