Following an initial design and prototype contract B&D have been awarded a manufacturing contract from the Royal Air Force for an initial batch of TRD pod containers.

Trials on the prototype went exactly as planned and the ease of use offered by this latest design has delighted the RAF who are now longing for the production models to arrive.

The RAF have demonstrated their complete approval of the previously supplied B&D TRD Pod containers by placing a new contract for further container to hold their BOZ pods. This is now the third RAF Pod to be installed into a B&D designed container. The container design was undertaken in-house by Barum & Dewar using the latest Pro Engineer 3-D modelling software and produced at B&D's manufacturing facility.

The current contract extends through 2005 and into early 2006.