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The Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fleet Solid Support build programme starts with steelcutting ceremony at Appledore shipyard, as Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry initiates the process.
Statement to the 30th Session of the Conference of States Parties of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
The National Armaments Director (NAD) Group has appointed Jim Carter as permanent Director General for Commercial and Industry (C&I) following an external competition.
More than 30 cyber recruits graduate from Defence Cyber Academy
Defence Minister, Luke Pollard MP delivers a speech at RUSI on long warfighting readiness.
Royal Navy intercepts Russian warship and tanker in the Dover Strait and English Channel whilst RAF P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft deployed to Iceland to patrol North Atlantic.
Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce publishes final report and calls for radical reset of overly complex nuclear regulatory system.
Military personnel from over 40 nations compete to sharpen cyber skills through gaming applying lessons from Ukraine's use of gaming technology in warfare.
The poignant burial of an unknown soldier of World War 2 took place today in Arezzo, Italy, with a bearer party from the Gurkhas carrying him to his final resting place.
Factory will build next-generation uncrewed systems and loitering munitions.
MBDA awarded £316 million contract to deliver new DragonFire systems to the Royal Navy from 2027, after achieving UK first in latest testing by shooting down high-speed drones with new laser system.
The Defence Secretary set out the scale of threats we face, including from the Russian spy ship Yantar which was threatening UK waters between 5 and 11 November.
Female veterans are to be put at the heart of government support, through a new women veterans forum announced today.
Multiple sites across the UK for new factories to make munitions and military explosives to boost the UK’s warfighting readiness have been identified as the government moves to the next phase of building the factories of the…
Statement from UK and Italian Foreign and Defence Ministers Yvette Cooper, Antonio Tajani, John Healey and Guido Crosetto following a virtual meeting.
The Royal Navy’s powerful aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and her advanced fighter jets are under NATO command, the Defence Secretary has announced.
This report was issued in November 2025 and covers the time period 1 October 2025 to 31 October 2025 inclusive.
The grave of Serjeant (Sjt) William Augustus Fritz of 4th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers has been identified near Mons in Belgium more than 111 years after his death. A rededication service took place today (13 November 2025)…
All military personnel are to be better protected through the launch of a new programme to prevent and address unacceptable sexual behaviour.
Today’s publication is the first ever military-wide sexual harassment survey results.
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