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Minister for the Armed Forces Mark Lancaster has bolstered the strong defence relationship between the UK and Italy on a visit to Rome. The Defence Minister highlighted how our Armed Forces’ can work closer together at a Protection of Cultural Heritage event, before further discussing future co-operation with Italian Defence partners. At the Protection of […]

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The Ministry of Defence has launched a new strategy – a Force for Inclusion – as part of efforts to increase diversity within the UK’s Armed Forces. The strategy will build on work that has already been undertaken to ensure that diversity and inclusion is a major part of all of Defence’s work, including in […]

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Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is working with Digital Catapult to look at solutions in combat modelling in new open call. Digital Catapult is organising and facilitating a Pit Stop (similar to a “hackathon”) event with the aim of identifying innovative ideas for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in […]

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Raytheon and Rheinmetall Defence have joined forces to meet the US Army’s requirement for the Next-Generation Combat Vehicle-Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program. The global industry team will offer the new Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle paired with Raytheon weapons, sensors and system integration expertise to provide the Army with an advanced, modular, survivable and lethal solution […]

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Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has urged hundreds of firms to help the military respond to emerging threats as quickly as possible, calling them the ‘unsung heroes’ behind the Armed Forces. Opening the Ministry of Defence’s LOGNET conference on military logistics, he said the UK would need the industry to stay ahead of the game for […]

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Northrop Grumman has signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with the US Air Force to continue development of the OmegA rocket as part of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) programme. Worth an approximate $792 million, OmegA will provide the Department of Defense with intermediate to heavy-class launch services for national security satellites. Given that […]

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General Dynamics has been awarded a contract from the US Army Contracting Command worth $465 million for the US Army Life Cycle Product Line Management (LCPM) Program. General Dynamics will focus primarily on the extensive Live Training Transformation (LT2) Family of Training Systems supporting the gamut of live training requirements, including Force on Force and […]

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Hundreds of UK troops have arrived in the Netherlands as part of an epic 2,500km road move to Norway for Exercise Trident Juncture, NATO’s flagship exercise in 2018. In Norway, 2,700 UK personnel will contribute to the large-scale and complex exercise, which will test NATO’s most important founding principle of collective defence in an article […]

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RAF Leeming based personnel have deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to guard and protect the Royal Air Force’s main operating base in the Eastern Mediterranean region for the operations against Daesh. The Leeming detachment consists of 57 Gunners from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment.  The deployment marks a return to the island where 34 Sqn […]

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Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the Gulf whilst visiting Iraq, Bahrain and Oman. As part of the five-day visit, the minister also officially opened the UK-Oman joint exercise, Saif Sareea 3, alongside Oman’s Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harub Al Busaidi. The official […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed that all of the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 26 frigates will be homed in Devonport. The eight Type 26 warships will start being delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s, heralding yet another new era in the role of a base, which has played a central role […]

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The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has signed a Joint Vision Statement committing the UK to building closer relations with Germany. Mr Williamson, alongside his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen, signed the Joint Vision Statement, in a move to strengthen the UK-German relationship and increasing defence cooperation across a range of areas, from tackling violent […]

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