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Keeping the UK strong abroad: our presence in the Mediterranean

Plane taking off with rock of Gibraltar in the background.

Keeping the UK strong abroad: our presence in the Mediterranean

Squadron Leader David Walker, Executive Officer, Royal Air Force Gibraltar  At the heart of the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command's global presence are our overseas bases, within this lies RAF Gibraltar, a strategic hub ensuring the UK remains strong abroad. …

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Multi-Domain Integration: Demystified

Posted by: Ranald Dinsdale, Posted on: 11 October 2021 - Categories: FAQ, Multi Domain Integration

Strategic Command is currently working to change the way UK defence operates through implementing Multi-Domain Integration. But what does that actually mean? What does Multi-Domain Integration look like in practice? And how are Strategic Command going to make this change …

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Cyber Insider: What does it mean to be an RRT?

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 1 October 2021 - Categories: Cyber, Personnel, Technology, Training

In this edition of Cyber Insider we look at Rapid Reaction Teams (or RRTs), defence’s quick reaction cyber specialists. We speak to a couple of them and get an insight into how they train to be ready to deploy at short notice and provide cyber capabilities all over the world.

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Cyber Insider: How to (not) bring down a nation

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 15 July 2021 - Categories: Cyber, Grey Zone, Technology

In this edition of Cyber Insider we look at what happens when cyber attacks threaten to cause the collapse of an entire nation, and what it's like to be part of the team trying to stop that from happening. The …

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MOD’s Universal Soldier

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 8 June 2021 - Categories: Innovation, Science, Technology

Move over Van Damme, the MOD looks at the realities of Human Augmentation in a new paper. It’s all very 2000 AD At the start of the millennium, the year 2000, a video game company called Edios Interactive released an …

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Ready to Respond: What is the JEF?

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 11 May 2021 - Categories: Allies, FAQ, Grey Zone, Integration, International, JEF

When we think of alliances, the first name that comes to mind is probably the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). And when we think of international bodies dedicated to responding to global security crises, the first name we probably think …

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Cyber Insider: Simon's story

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 9 May 2021 - Categories: Careers, Cyber, Personnel, Science, Technology

The announcement of the National Cyber Force has put Britain's cyber capabilities firmly in the spotlight. But Strategic Command has been leading defence on cyber much longer than that.  We asked people on the inside of the cyber world to …

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Getting to grips with grey zone conflict

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 26 April 2021 - Categories: FAQ, Grey Zone, Integration, Technology

If you have been following the news about Defence for the past year or so you may have heard the term “grey zone” used a lot. And certainly here at Strategic Command we have spoken extensively about how and why …

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Covid app VaxiMap helps get the vaccine out

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 30 March 2021 - Categories: Covid-19, Innovation, Science, Technology

A Strategic Command backed software innovation saves NHS time and money in vaccine rollout by optimising journey times for housebound vaccinations.

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Cyber Insider: Harry's story

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 19 March 2021 - Categories: Careers, Cyber, Personnel

The announcement of the National Cyber Force has put Britain's cyber capabilities firmly in the spotlight. But Strategic Command has been leading defence on cyber much longer than that. We asked people on the inside of the cyber world to share their stories in their own words. This time, we join Harry whose National Cyber …

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Strategic Command's short science stories

Posted by: Conrad Beckett, Posted on: 9 March 2021 - Categories: Innovation, Personnel, Science, Technology

In recognition of British Science Week 2021, we asked some of Strategic Command's science and innovation experts to talk through their personal journeys. They share their stories of how and why innovation backed by science is so important to the …

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