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Wednesday, 19 May 2021
The names of five next-generation Type-31 frigates for the Royal Navy have been announced by the First Sea Lord, Admiral Tony Radakin....
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
HRH The Princess Royal visited Worthy Down on 13 May to tour and open the Defence College of Logistics, Policing and Administration and The Royal Logi...
Saturday, 15 May 2021
British peacekeepers seized AK47s, ammunition, fuel and radios hidden by a jihadist cell intimidating civilians, after conducting a search in a sandst...
Thursday, 13 May 2021
The new strategy sets out our ambitions for 2025 and is our response to the Government’s Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Forei...
Thursday, 13 May 2021
A £1.4-billion contract to modernise the Chinook fleet over the next 10 years has been agreed. The deal will see British forces benefit from 14 of the...
Wednesday, 12 May 2021
The findings of a 10 month study to reform the Reserve Forces for the future has been published. ...
Friday, 07 May 2021
The British Army will receive a fleet of 148 Challenger 3 main battle tanks as part of an £800 million contract with Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBS...
Monday, 03 May 2021
UK F-35B fighter jets operating from HMS Queen Elizabeth will join Operation Shader in the fight against Daesh. ...
Thursday, 29 April 2021
The Government has delivered the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act to reduce the uncertainty faced by our service personnel and...
Thursday, 29 April 2021
UK Armed Forces have transported coronavirus vaccines to the Overseas Territory of Tristan da Cunha – the most remote inhabited island in the world....
Monday, 26 April 2021
The largest concentration of maritime and air power to the UK in a generation will set sail next month, visiting more than 40 countries. ...
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
HMS Ships Dagger and Cutlass confirmed as the new fast patrol boats....
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
Iceland has formally joined the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), the group of 10 northern European nations committed to upholding northern European se...
Friday, 09 April 2021
Upon the sad news of the death of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace pays tribute....
Friday, 09 April 2021
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today hosted Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar on board the UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales....
Thursday, 08 April 2021
A Daesh stronghold in northern Iraq has been cleared as part of Operation Shader, the Ministry of Defence has announced today. The RAF has carried out...
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
The British Army will launch defence’s first photovoltaic solar farm at the Defence School of Transport. ...
Thursday, 01 April 2021
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart, HE Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, have announced an expansion of the relationship between...
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
The Netherlands will be fully integrated into the UK sovereign Carrier Strike Group’s maiden operational deployment later this year, Defence ministers...
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
General Sir Nick Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, Chief of Defence Staff's speech as part of Defence Innovation Talks at International Institute for Strate...
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Changes to the Enhanced Learning Credits, Further Education and Higher Education schemes come into effect from 30 March 2021....
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
The Ministry of Defence has published its roadmap to becoming more resilient and sustainable in the face of the immense challenge of global climate ch...
Monday, 29 March 2021
Dozens of support measures are outlined today in the UK Government’s official response to Andrew Selous MP’s report ‘Living in Our Shoes – understandi...
Monday, 29 March 2021
Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) expand use of Project Servator and train more people to spot and report suspicious activity....
Friday, 26 March 2021
The latest Operational Honours and Awards List recognises the bravery, commitment and commendable service of service personnel within the military....
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Defence Minister Jeremy Quin has warned that the ‘freedom of the air cannot be taken for granted’ as threat picture changes in RUSI speech. ...
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The Royal Navy are developing a new Multi Role Ocean Surveillance ship (MROSS) to protect our nation against hostile actors and grow our understanding...
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin, gave the keynote speech at the RUSI Combat Air Power conference outlining £2bn investment in the UK...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
The British Army is introducing a pioneering warfighting experimentation Battlegroup. ...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
The British Army is establishing a special operations Brigade, the core of which will be four battalions of the new Ranger Regiment....
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Joint Statement: UK-Egypt Association Council Meeting
Environment Agency Boaters benefit from £5.2 million investment in Anglian waterways
Department for Business and Trade UK appoints Alastair Long as new HMTC for Africa
Department for Education Safer nurseries with 3,000 more surprise Ofsted visits
Civil Nuclear Constabulary Armed Forces Week: Over 30 former Armed Forces personnel join CNC
Environment Agency Pet cremation firm’s permit mistake pays for salmon aid
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA issues red heat-health alerts across England
UK Health Security Agency UKHSA update on the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak