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New Government Command Paper sets out full scale of the UK’s national nuclear endeavour.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

The Prime Minister will today [Monday 25th] declare a ‘national endeavour’ to secure the future of the UK’s thriving defence and civil nuclear industry.

• Updated: 24 March 2024

UK security will be boosted through a vast new contract – worth nearly £2 billion - that will ensure the long-term availability and resilience of critical naval assets.

• Updated: 2 February 2024

Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, delivered a speech at Lancaster House in London

• Updated: 15 January 2024

Two contracts, worth collectively over £100 million, have been awarded to Babcock to support the development of the UK’s future nuclear deterrent.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visited multiple military locations, vowing for personnel to remain at the heart of our Armed Forces.

• Updated: 1 October 2023

New report on the development of hypersonic missile technologies.

• Updated: 24 July 2023

Scottish Secretary will chair the roundtable at the UK Government's Edinburgh HQ as Thales Glasgow wins a multi-million pound defence contract.

• Updated: 13 July 2023

A significant milestone has been reached in the build programme for the Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine programme.

• Updated: 9 February 2023

A new medal has been awarded to veterans of Britain's nuclear testing programme.

• Updated: 21 November 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a speech at the commissioning of HMS Anson this afternoon in Barrow-in-Furness.

• Updated: 31 August 2022

James Cleverly addressed the Conference on Disarmament following the publication of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Foreign Policy and Development.

• Updated: 26 March 2021

MOD and the NDA have both made commitments to work together to manage nuclear liabilities in the national interest.

• Updated: 18 March 2021

A Written Ministerial Statement has been laid today in Parliament announcing a change of operating model for the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).

• Updated: 2 November 2020

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has praised the MOD’s partnership with Britain’s defence industry, which is rising to meet the challenges of maintaining critical output during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Updated: 11 June 2020

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has today announced the start of a new nuclear replacement warhead programme in Parliament.

• Updated: 25 February 2020

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has awarded a £235-million contract to support nuclear propulsion systems and revealed the name of the third Dreadnought submarine.

• Updated: 25 February 2019

The UK reaffirmed its support for the current arms control machinery and highlighted the important work carried out by the UN Institute for Disarmament Research.

• Updated: 1 November 2018

The UK reinforced their disapproval of chemical weapons and condemned their recent use in Douma by the Assad regime as well as in Salisbury by Russia.

• Updated: 25 October 2018

The permanent 5 members of the UN Security Council have released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

• Updated: 24 October 2018