UK Defense Demonstrates Resilience During Covid Crisis
The UK’s defense industry has adopted new practices to tackle Covid challenges, while also continuing to deliver on key programs.
While industry has been tackling problems such as ventilators, the RAF itself has provided Covid support through helicopters and fixed-wing transports undertaking emergency medical evacuation missions. This Puma performed such operations in Scotland.
While industry has been tackling problems such as ventilators, the RAF itself has provided Covid support through helicopters and fixed-wing transports undertaking emergency medical evacuation missions. This Puma performed such operations in Scotland.

The UK defense industry has applied its capacity to bring together all of its various elements to tackle Covid challenges, all the while continuing to deliver on programs vital to national security, stressed Simon Bollom, CEO of UK forces procurement and support agency Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), during FIA Connect’s Tuesday panel session on defense resilience during the Covid pandemic. 


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