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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that British troops have began testing out over 70 examples of futuristic technology including enhanced surveillance drones and unmanned vehicles on the fields of Salisbury Plain. The game-changing Autonomous Warrior experiment will last four weeks and test a range of prototype unmanned aerial and autonomous ground vehicles, which […]

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The emergency services, other public services and the government have undertaken a three-day exercise to rehearse their response to a major terrorist attack. The simulated incident, which involved live activity in Westcott, Buckinghamshire, tested the multi-agency approach to responding to an attack involving hazardous materials. It was designed to ensure the right plans are in […]

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Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida has begun its long-term recovery in the aftermath of October’s catastrophic Hurricane Michael. “We will rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base,” vowed Vice President Mike Pence during a visit to the disaster struck facility. Already, a number of significant operations are scheduled to resume in the near future, with others […]

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The Republic of Korea-based defence specialist LIG Nex1 has appointed Leonardo as strategic technology partner. Together, the two organisations will bid for the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Agency’s (DAPA) prized IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) upgrade. The sought after contract will see IFF technology on board South Korean aircraft updated to the very latest […]

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The International Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, has announced that over 7,000 veterans of the Commonwealth are to receive two meals a day through UK Aid. The programme will be delivered through the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League, a charity, which has been proving support to those veterans who served The British Crown for almost 100 years. The […]

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The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has released its procurement plan outlining its five-year strategy on major investment on construction and infrastructure. The publication of the strategy follows the launch of DIO’s Commercial Strategy earlier this year, which outlined vision for future ways of working with suppliers in the soft and hard facilities management, construction and […]

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The Ministry of Defence and the Post Office have agreed a new partnership to support veterans entering employment, as the company became the 3000th organisation to sign the Armed Forces Covenant. The Armed Forces Covenant is a promise from the nation to those who serve or who have served, and their families, that they should […]

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This year’s data spillage at the US Marine Corps Forces Reserve, which laid bare personal details of 21,000 marines, sailors and citizens, and the leak at India’s defence ministry that exposed sensitive data on a number of soldiers, are a stark reminder that even organisations in the most security conscious of sectors is vulnerable to […]

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The winners of the Women in Defence UK Awards have been announced, as the centenary of women’s suffrage draws to a close. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson took to the stage on Tuesday 9 November to hand out the awards during a ceremony held at The Imperial War Museum in London. There were ten award winners […]

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Lest we forget, 100 years on from the signing of the armistice in The Great War, it’s a week to remember heroes. However, in remembering World War I heroes, and those in other theatres of war, we tend to be thinking of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. Even today in modern conflict, as shown […]

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Minister for Defence People and Veterans Tobias Ellwood has praised the courage and sacrifice of the First World War generation at a moving reburial service in Flanders. Ahead of the centenary of the First World War, Mr Ellwood attended the burial of an unknown British soldier of the Lancashire Fusiliers, alongside current serving members of […]

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Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has visited Washington to discuss the enduring UK-US defence present and future relationship and met with some of the biggest players in the US defence industry. As part of the visit, the Minister met with the US Navy Under Secretary Thomas Modly and US Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy to discuss […]

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