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  • UK to double F-35 fleet with 17-jet order

    The multi-million-pound contract signed will see the UK own 35 stealth jets by end of 2022 with Britain manufacturing 15% of the overall global order for 255 aircraft.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK leads Northern Group response to disinformation

    The UK and northern European allies have agreed to establish a multinational group of experts to tackle disinformation at a Northern Group meeting in Norway today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • First ever UK-wide veterans strategy launched

    The first ever UK-wide strategy on the delivery of support for veterans has been published today.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Scotland Secretary welcomes UK-wide Veterans Strategy

    First ever UK-wide strategy on the delivery of support for veterans published

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Britain’s top armed forces-friendly employers honoured

    Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has praised Britain’s forces-friendly businesses at an awards ceremony in central London.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Millions awarded to defence firms leading fight for modern battlefield

    Defence firms with cutting-edge ideas ranging from laser radars to Artificial Intelligence have been awarded over £10-million after being named winners of the MOD and Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) Innovation Challenge.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK Forces return home after successful NATO exercise

    NATO's biggest exercise in a decade comes to a close

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Army start biggest military robot exercise in British history, Defence Secretary announces

    British troops will today begin testing out over 70 examples of futuristic technology including enhanced surveillance drones and unmanned vehicles on the fields of Salisbury Plain, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has anno…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 100 years on from the Armistice, the nation remembers

    Her Majesty The Queen will join thousands at the Cenotaph to remember the fallen of all conflicts.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Unknown warrior from World War 1 given final resting place

    Unknown British solder laid to rest 100 years after he was killed during World War 1.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • MOD sets out vision to diversify supply base

    The Ministry of Defence has today announced plans for modernising its estate and establishing a broader and more diverse supply base.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Post Office and MOD agree new partnership on veterans employment

    The Post Office became the 3000th signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Women in Defence awards showcase Dstl scientists

    Scientists from the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have been honoured for their outstanding contribution in Defence at a glitzy award ceremony held at the Imperial War Museum, London.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Defence Minister hails UK-US transatlantic partnership

    Defence Minister Stuart Andrew was in Washington today to discuss the enduring UK-US defence present and future relationship and met with some of the biggest players in the US defence industry.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Defence Minister praises First World War heroes at reburial service

    Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood has praised the courage and sacrifice of the First World War generation at a moving reburial service in Flanders.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK cements position in Gulf with new joint base in Oman

    The UK is cementing its deep and special relationship with Oman for generations to come with the opening of a new Omani-British Joint Training Base.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • WO1 Glenn Haughton OBE has been appointed as the first Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chiefs of Staff Committee (SEAC)

    The Chiefs of Staff Committee is pleased to endorse the appointment of WO1 (Army SM) Glenn Haughton OBE as the first Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chiefs of Staff Committee (SEAC)

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Armed Forces to step up Commonwealth recruitment

    Britain’s Armed Forces are to step up their long-held global links, by increasing the number of recruits from Commonwealth countries.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Gulf security tops agenda at Chiefs of Defence meeting

    Chiefs of Defence for the UK and Oman hosted their counterparts from UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, and Jordan as well as the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Assistant Secretary General Military Affairs today onboard HMS Dra…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • RAF medics transfer UN hospital in South Sudan to Vietnamese

    RAF Medical Services have begun transferring authority of a UN field hospital in South Sudan to a Vietnamese Hospital Unit.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government