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UK weapons and ammunition manufacturing jobs rose 51% in 2024/25, part of a wider 26,000 increase in defence-supported roles nationwide.
The UK’s partnership with the Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces will contribute to strengthen security, stability and state authority in Lebanon.
From police drones to military quadcopters, Vizgard's UKDI-funded visual AI is helping to keep the skies safer.
The UK and Australia are boosting cooperation on radar technology, as Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP kicks off a visit to Indo-Pacific partners this week.
Dstl is working on future thermal cameras that will be better at seeing through smoke and dust.
Royal Navy warships and helicopters spent 21 days on operations monitoring Russian activity in UK waters and the North Atlantic throughout July.
Defence Secretary on his first visit to Scotland tours Babcock’s Rosyth facility and Service Family Accommodation in Edinburgh
Britain will be better protected from undersea threats and hundreds of jobs will be secured through a new £135 million contract to maintain and repair Royal Navy torpedo weapons.
Dstl collaborated with industry and Defence partners to design and implement a rigorous and innovative test of the UK's underwater mine countermeasures.
More than £4.4 million has been invested in new trench training infrastructure across the Defence Training Estate, enhancing the UK armed forces’ ability to train in realistic and contemporary battlefield environments.
Do you have an innovation that could help tackle the UK’s security challenges? Submit your idea to the Security Open Call.
Families are expected to move into the 46 new homes at Dhekelia Station soon.
The UK will continue to be kept safe for decades to come, as major investments will progress the next phase of the next generation nuclear deterrent submarines.
New MOD campaign demonstrates how military personnel can remain hidden during training.
A major £8.4bn investment in the UK’s nuclear deterrent, delivering jobs and opportunity for young people for years to come, is set to be announced by the Prime Minister today.
Senior Military Advisor, Col Joby Rimmer, marks the close of the trimester by condemning Russia's continued war against Ukraine, its drone incursions into Romanian airspace and the strike on Latvia's Consulate in Slo…
22 companies, including British SMEs, will receive contracts worth up to £300,000 each to carry out feasibility studies on sites for new UK energetics manufacturing plants.
Agreement with maritime trade unions secures above inflationary pay rise and improved conditions for Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.
The Prime Minister hosted the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at His Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth.
UKDI launches Cycle 8 of Innovation Support to Operations - a fast paced competition to identify and accelerate innovative technologies for scalable manufacture and urgent defence deployment.
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