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RFA Cardigan Bay will support the US military as it builds a new temporary pier to deliver aid directly into Gaza

• Updated: 26 April 2024

Agreement signed at Strategic Command Conference for liaison officers in jHub and U.S. Defense Innovation Unit

• Updated: 26 April 2024

DASA seeks novel methods of testing and evaluating for the future of defence

• Updated: 26 April 2024

HMS Diamond has shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen.

• Updated: 26 April 2024

Keynote speech at the Strategic Command annual conference on 25 April 2024.

• Updated: 25 April 2024

Minister for Defence Procurement, James Cartlidge, delivered a speech on procurement reforms at the UK Strategic Command Annual Conference in London.

• Updated: 25 April 2024

The Armed Forces led commemorations in London to pay respect to Australian and New Zealand Armed Forces personnel.

• Updated: 25 April 2024

Live firings of the British Army’s highly lethal future tank – the Challenger 3 - have taken place in Germany this week, witnessed by UK Defence Procurement Minister, James Cartlidge.

• Updated: 25 April 2024

Air Marshall Harvey Smyth emphasised UK’s ongoing commitment to support the Lebanese Army despite challenges.

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030.

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Joint understanding following the meeting of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz today [24 April 2024].

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt tells President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Britain will stand with Ukraine for “as long as it takes” on visit to Kyiv.

• Updated: 24 April 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on defence.

• Updated: 23 April 2024

SAPIENT enables interoperability of artificial intelligence (AI) enabled sensors, combined with intelligent fusion and sensor management.

• Updated: 23 April 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce the largest-ever military aid package to Ukraine on his visit to Poland.

• Updated: 23 April 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech during his visit to Poland.

• Updated: 23 April 2024

The UK warmly welcomes the significant progress made with our partners the US and Australia to advance the AUKUS trilateral partnership, working together for a free and open Indo-Pacific and thereby enhancing stability, secu…

• Updated: 19 April 2024

British Army soldiers are a step closer to getting their hands on one of Europe’s most lethal tanks – the Challenger 3 - the Defence Secretary has announced.

• Updated: 18 April 2024

The graves of five soldiers of The York and Lancaster Regiment, most of whom went missing in France in the weeks before the end of World War One, have now been marked more than a century after their deaths.

• Updated: 18 April 2024

DASA seeks innovations to provide protection for land based assets from air attacks

• Updated: 17 April 2024