• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Excelitas Qioptiq banner

BATTLESPACE Updates

   +44 (0)77689 54766
   

  • Home
  • Features
  • News Updates
  • Company Directory
  • About
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
  • Media Pack 2022

MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVE

June 22, 2008 by

MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVE

LOCATIONS

17 Jun 08. BAE Systems announces its intention to acquire an existing industrial facility in Sterling Heights, Michigan, to support the company’s five-year, $58.4m expansion of its Land & Armaments operating group. The proposed site for BAE Systems’ new facility is the former TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. plant located at 34201 Van Dyke Rd. in Sterling Heights. BAE Systems has an option agreement with TRW while the company conducts due diligence to fully assess existing environmental impacts and ensure the site can support the proposed building plans. When the due diligence period is complete and any potential issues are resolved, BAE Systems will proceed to take possession of the 81 acre site.

18 Jun 08. General Dynamics Electric Boat will christen New Hampshire (SSN-778), the U.S. Navy’s newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its shipyard here on Saturday, June 21, at 11 a.m.

PERSONNEL

16 Jun 08. Extra UK troops for Afghanistan. British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase by 230 to a new high of more than 8,000 by next spring, Defence Secretary Des Browne has told MPs. The new troops will boost protection for UK personnel, improve Afghan security training and aid reconstruction work. Mr Browne said security had improved but the Taleban had changed tactics. The number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan since 2001 reached 102 last week. British casualties have crept up and are now second only to the US in the number of fatalities. Furthermore, the casualty rates for Britons serving in Afghanistan are now higher than those in Iraq. There are currently 53,000 Nato troops in Afghanistan. The announcement takes the UK’s commitment from 7,800 troops – based in Kabul, Kandahar and Helmand – to 8,030. (Source: BBC)

MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT

EUROPE APPOINTMENTS

14 Jun 08. Queen’s Birthday Honours: Defence Council Members. The First Sea Lord and the Chief of the Air Staff were appointed Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

DEFENCE COUNCIL

Politicians
1. Secretary of State for Defence (Defence Secretary), Chairman of the Council: The Right Honourable D H Browne MP.

2. Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Armed Forces’ Minister): The Right Honourable R W Ainsworth MP.

3. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Equipment and Support (Defence Equipment Minister): The Right Honourable Baroness Taylor of Bolton.

4. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Veterans (Junior Defence Minister): J D Twigg Esq MP.

Military Members

5. Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS): Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup GCB AFC ADC.

6. Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) and First Sea Lord: Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB ADC.

7. Chief of the General Staff (CGS): General Sir Richard Dannatt KCB CBE MC ADC Gen.

8. Chief of the Air Staff (CAS): Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy GCB CBE DSO ADC.

9. Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (VCDS): General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman GBE KCB ADC Gen.

10. Chief of Defence MatĂ©riel (CDM): General Sir Kevin O’Donoghue KCB CBE.

Civil Servants

11. Permanent Under Secretary of State (PUS), Secretary of the Council: Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB.

12. Second Permanent Under Secretary of State (2nd PUS): Sir Ian Andrews CBE TD.

13. Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA): Professor M Welland FRS FREng.

14. Finance Director (FD): T Woolley Esq CB

09 Jun 08. Government Communications HQ (GCHQ): Change of Director. The Foreign Secretary announced (9 Jun 08) that Mr I (Iain) Lobban is to succeed Sir David Pepper as Director GCHQ when he retires in July 2008. Mr Lobban is a graduate of the MoD Higher Command and Staff Course and has been Director General Operations at GCHQ for the past four years.

Comment: It is Government policy neither to confirm nor deny whether any individual has or had any connection to the Intelligence and Securit

Primary Sidebar

Advertisers

  • qioptiq.com
  • Exensor
  • TCI
  • Visit the Oxley website
  • Visit the Viasat website
  • Blighter
  • SPECTRA
  • InVeris
  • Britbots logo
  • Faun Trackway
  • Systematic
  • CISION logo
  • ProTEK logo
  • businesswire logo
  • ProTEK logo
  • ssafa logo
  • DSEi
  • Atkins
  • IEE
  • EXFOR logo
  • KME logo
  • sibylline logo
Hilux DVD2022 GlobalMilSat

Contact Us

BATTLESPACE Publications
Old Charlock
Abthorpe Road
Silverstone
Towcester NN12 8TW

+44 (0)77689 54766

BATTLESPACE Technologies

An international defence electronics news service providing our readers with up to date developments in the defence electronics industry.

Recent News

  • EXHIBITIONS AND CONFERENCES

    August 12, 2022
    Read more
  • VETERANS UPDATE

    August 12, 2022
    Read more
  • MANAGEMENT ON THE MOVE

    August 12, 2022
    Read more

Copyright BATTLESPACE Publications © 2002–2022.

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. If you continue to use the website, we'll assume you're ok with this.   Read More  Accept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT