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  • The Defence Secretary announced that the Ministry of Defence has awarded a £135million contract to support the new fast jets at RAF Marham.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New arrangements to attract and retain the best men and women for our Armed Forces by adapting service life to meet their modern needs and aspirations have today been announced in the Queen’s Speech.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Ms Angelina Jolie, the Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and co-founder of the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI), yesterday visited training for United Nations and Afri…

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A rededication service to honour Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Reed was held on 20 June 2017.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada about counter-terrorism and Brexit.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • On Friday 16 June the sad and untimely death of Alf Hitchcock, the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP), was announced.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A ten-day Training of Trainers’ course for representatives of the Somali Security Sector ended at the International Peace Support Training Centre, in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, with a commitment to work together to end the rec…

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A new 24 hour service will help veterans access the support they need quickly and easily as they transition from military to civilian life.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Theresa May spoke to Prime Minister Beata Szydło and discussed the UK's bilateral relationship with Poland.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Prime Minister has reappointed Sir Michael Fallon as Defence Secretary.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Prime Minister Theresa May gave a statement in Downing Street following the terror attack in Finsbury Park.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • On arrival at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson spoke to the media.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Veterans’ Gateway formally launches to the public on 20 June 2017 and is the first point of contact for veterans seeking support.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • On a day that Canadian Armed Forces personnel took over the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has welcomed the new Canadian Defence Policy.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sir Michael has met his Dutch counterpart in London to sign an agreement that will strengthen defence relations between the two countries.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Jonathan Lyle, Chief Executive of Dstl has been made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

  • 163 Defence personnel have been granted state honours by Her Majesty the Queen in the annual Birthday Honours List.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK's Defence activities in Ghana over the first quarter of 2017.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) was delighted to host members of the Aerospace Wales Forum welcoming over 40 guests from industry, government and academia to the Sealand site.

  • The Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA) continues to grow support solutions for Typhoon. Ian Ford and Derek Underwood explain how we are working to reduce costs by providing innovative repair-not-replace solu…