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UK to deliver pioneering battlefield system and bolster cyber warfare capabilities under Strategic Defence Review
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Defence Secretary announces new Cyber and Eletromagnetic Command and £1 billion investment in pioneering battlefield system.
The people and city of Glasgow have been honoured today (22 May) as the Royal Navy’s most advanced anti-submarine warfare warship is officially named HMS Glasgow.
UK Armed Forces will benefit from world-class equipment training and testing under a contract which supports more than 1,200 skilled jobs across the UK.
The long-term agreement secures future of joint UK-US military base at Diego Garcia.
UK shores up NATO’s eastern flank with deployment to Finland.
Sailors and air crews are set to benefit from new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities following the UK’s largest ever multi-domain AI trial, bringing together land, sea and air equipment.
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