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Former Metropolitan Police Service Commander, Melanie Dales, joins the Ministry of Defence Police.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
UK’s substantial contribution to NATO’s uplift in Eastern Europe is strengthening the Alliance’s Defences on land, sea and air, amid ongoing tensions with Russia.
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent, Brigadier Robert Aitken CBE, has paid tribute to his outgoing cadets at a virtual ceremony in which he welcomed his new cadets appointed for 2022.
The UK’s Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin met with his counterparts from the other Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) to discuss the situation in and around Ukraine and European security issues.
The UK and Japan have today signed a Letter of Arrangement (LOA) to jointly conduct cooperative research on a world-leading fighter jet sensor
Dr Paul Hollinshead OBE today takes the reins of Dstl, the science inside UK defence and security
The Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace MP, today (11 February) held talks with the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergey Shoygu.
Ben Wallace met with Mariusz Błaszczak in London to discuss the NATO response to the unfolding crisis on Ukraine's border with Russia.
Two of the UK’s largest and most respected military charities intend to combine their employment-related work, beginning an exciting new chapter in their history.
The UK and Nigeria held the first UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership dialogue in London this week.
Ben Wallace met with defence counterparts in Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia to strengthen the Allied response to tensions on Ukraine's border with Russia
Chief of the Air Staff Sir Mike Wigston speech at the Defence Space Strategy launch
Defence Procurement Minister Jeremy Quin announces the Defence Space Strategy
The UK will invest £1.4 billion to bolster our national interests in space, as part of the first Defence Space Strategy published today.
The Queen’s representative for West Glamorgan has praised the dedication and commitment of reservists, volunteers, and cadets for the service they give to the country and our communities.
Phillippa Spencer talks about her work at Dstl and what it’s been like to be a female mathematician in a male-dominated profession.
Defence medics supporting all four nations of the United Kingdom as part of Operation Rescript
The Defence Secretary this week held meetings in The Hague, Brussels and Berlin, continuing a period of diplomacy over the situation in Ukraine.
Royal Navy ship HMS Spey arrived into Tonga today (Wednesday 26 January) where her crew have unloaded disaster relief following the devastating Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami.
HMS Montrose seizes over one tonne of illicit drugs in the Gulf of Oman
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