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The new Defence Secretary was briefed on how Scotland benefits from and contributes to UK defence and National Security in Edinburgh today.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The UK is extending the deployment of Royal Engineers to the UN Mission in South Sudan for an additional year, until April 2020.
Her Majesty the Queen will formally commission her namesake aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, into the Royal Navy fleet in just three weeks’ time.
The Commanding Officer of the RCDM has cut the ribbon to mark the completion of new accommodation for military medics working in Birmingham.
A world-first in the US has seen British soldiers controlling 4x4s with Xbox-style controllers and a UK driverless truck leading American trucks in an unmanned convoy.
Defence Minister Lord Howe has reaffirmed the UK's commitment to European Security at a meeting today of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.
Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has been in Australia discussing defence equipment in the face of intensifying threats.
The nation falls silent as The Queen and members of the Royal Family join the traditional Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has held his first bilateral meeting with his US counterpart, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, in London today.
Daesh terrorists are in rapid retreat as the RAF continues to strike them in both Iraq and Syria.
The first meeting of the Northern Group Centre for Conceptual Thinking took place at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom.
The First Secretary of State unveiled a frontline Scots-based Typhoon fast jet renamed ‘Sir Roderic’ in honour of an RAF tradition born of one family’s tragedy in 1941 at RAF Lossiemouth today.
Minister for the Armed Forces, Mark Lancaster, arrives in Gibraltar today.
Speech by General Sir Chris Deverell KCB MBE ADC Gen, Commander of Joint Forces Command.
The UK is increasing its commitment to European security as the Defence Secretary announces a package of support to stand by our allies.
Statement from Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson
Around 980 tri-service members of the Armed Forces turned out to support the annual event
The RAF Akrotiri early years learning facility was officially opened on October 17 by Commander British Forces Cyprus (BFC), Major General James Illingworth and director for the Directorate Children and Young People (DCYP), …
Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has today launched a new Science and Technology Strategy to counter evolving threats and adapt to rapidly changing technology.
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh have deployed to Estonia
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