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Work starts on major RAF Waddington airfield overhaul
A refurbishment of the airfield at RAF Waddington has begun, covering aircraft bays, taxiways, drainage and approach lighting at the Lincolnshire station.
Seventeen nations join NATO nuclear exercise in Italy
NATO's annual nuclear deterrence exercise begins on Tuesday and is being hosted by Italy this year, with seventeen nations taking part.
Kuwait buys British-built air defence system worth millions
Kuwait has bought an air defence system built in Britain under a £370 million contract that will create a hundred jobs in the United Kingdom.
NAVAL NEWS
British destroyer sails with five Ukrainian warships
Five Ukrainian minehunters have completed seven days of intensive training off the south coast of England, closing with a run in close formation around the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless in the eastern Solent.
HMS Dragon went from dry dock to deployment in a week
A Type 45 destroyer sent from maintenance to the eastern Mediterranean in seven days has returned to Portsmouth after 214 days away, having shielded the British bases in Cyprus from drone and missile attack.
Ministry of Defence scraps Type 31 support competition
The competition to provide through-life support for the Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates has been discontinued after the department concluded that the assumptions behind it no longer held.
Babcock signs veteran social enterprise as signage supplier
Babcock has appointed Royal British Veterans Enterprise as a signage supplier, giving the defence company a route to buy signage from a manufacturer whose workforce is largely made up of veterans and people with disabilities.
Royal Navy torpedo support overhaul named Whitehead2
A programme called WHITEHEAD2 will deliver a modernised through-life torpedo support solution for the Royal Navy from 2029, covering repair, maintenance and future capability development.
AVIATION NEWS
RAF Fairford incident almost certainly directed by Iran
The incident at RAF Fairford is assessed as highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran and almost certainly directed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Prime Minister told the House of Commons.
Military homes pilot tests new technology at Pirbright
Six refurbished homes at Pirbright are being used to test technologies intended to make service family accommodation warmer and cheaper to run, in a trial the Ministry of Defence describes as the first of its kind for military housing.
Work starts on major RAF Waddington airfield overhaul
A refurbishment of the airfield at RAF Waddington has begun, covering aircraft bays, taxiways, drainage and approach lighting at the Lincolnshire station.
Seventeen nations join NATO nuclear exercise in Italy
NATO's annual nuclear deterrence exercise begins on Tuesday and is being hosted by Italy this year, with seventeen nations taking part.
Kuwait buys British-built air defence system worth millions
Kuwait has bought an air defence system built in Britain under a £370 million contract that will create a hundred jobs in the United Kingdom.
LAND NEWS
Burnham to look at tracking cost of Russian attacks
The Prime Minister has said he will see what more can be done to monitor the cost of Russian hostile activity against Britain, after being told that no department collects the information.
Guards bands to get new home at Wellington Barracks
Three outdated band facilities at Wellington Barracks in Westminster are being demolished to clear the way for purpose-built accommodation for the Army musicians of the Foot Guards Bands.
Iturri unveils Gritstone bid for Army mobility vehicle
The specialist vehicle manufacturer Iturri has put forward Gritstone for the British Army's Light Mobility Vehicle programme, with an industrial team built around Stellantis, TVS Supply Chain Solutions and Sonovision.
Ministry hunts next defence unicorn with bigger contracts
Accelerated contracts worth up to £100 million over four years are being offered to British technology firms with little or no previous business with the Ministry of Defence.
Defence sector needs fifty three thousand more workers
The workforce in the defence sector's priority occupations is estimated to grow by 53,000 between 2025 and 2035, according to an answer given in Parliament.
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