The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review set out the Government’s vision for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom with global reach and influence. 

The review recognised that no country is able to address all the challenges alone and as such strong alliances and partnerships are more important than ever. Defence policy is ‘international by design’, ensuring that we make our partnerships and alliances central to all that we do.

In order for the British Army to work much closer to our allies, we need to ensure we can operate together and where necessary ensure our personnel and equipment can also ‘interoperate’.