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Shipbuilding now two thirds of Scotland’s defence jobs
Shipbuilding and submarine work accounted for 7,900 of the 12,200 jobs supported by Ministry of Defence spending with industry in Scotland in 2024/25, according to official statistics published on Friday.
Union says Scot Gov have betrayed Ferguson workforce
GMB Scotland has called job losses at Ferguson Marine a betrayal of a blameless workforce, blaming ministers for failing to deliver new contracts while sending shipbuilding work overseas.
Ferguson job losses were entirely avoidable warns Sweeney
The decision to place the first phase of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme with a Polish yard directly caused the job losses now being announced at Port Glasgow, Paul Sweeney MSP has told the UK Defence Journal.
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Local MSP turns blame on Ferguson Marine management
The SNP MSP for Inverclyde has questioned why management at Ferguson Marine failed to secure additional work, describing the announcement of job losses at the Port Glasgow yard as a wake-up call for the company's leadership.
Shipbuilding now two thirds of Scotland’s defence jobs
Shipbuilding and submarine work accounted for 7,900 of the 12,200 jobs supported by Ministry of Defence spending with industry in Scotland in 2024/25, according to official statistics published on Friday.
Union says Scot Gov have betrayed Ferguson workforce
GMB Scotland has called job losses at Ferguson Marine a betrayal of a blameless workforce, blaming ministers for failing to deliver new contracts while sending shipbuilding work overseas.
Ferguson job losses were entirely avoidable warns Sweeney
The decision to place the first phase of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme with a Polish yard directly caused the job losses now being announced at Port Glasgow, Paul Sweeney MSP has told the UK Defence Journal.
Defence spending supports 12,200 jobs in Scotland
Ministry of Defence spending with industry in Scotland supported 12,200 direct jobs in 2024/25, an increase of 800 on the previous year.
AVIATION NEWS
Saab unveils stealthy drone concept to fly with Gripen
The concept aircraft, designated A3-001, is being shown at the Jubilee Air Show at Malmen Air Base in Linköping.
Bildt says Baltic aggression would expose Kaliningrad
Carl Bildt has said that any Russian aggression in the Baltic would immediately affect the security of Kaliningrad, referencing the concentration of NATO aircraft that has operated around the exclave over the past week.
British spy plane deploys to Norway for Arctic Stone
An RAF Rivet Joint has deployed to Ørland in Norway for a week-long exercise with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, including training intended to improve interoperability with Norwegian F-35A fighters.
UK-German strike programme includes hypersonic weapon
The UK and Germany are jointly developing deep-strike options including a stealthy cruise missile and a hypersonic glide vehicle.
UK awards Saab major Giraffe radar support deal
Defence Equipment and Support has awarded Saab UK a contract valued at £1.6 billion to provide logistics support, supply, training and spares for the Giraffe 1X radar system.
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Munitions jobs jump by half as Britain rebuilds stocks
Jobs supported by defence spending on weapons and ammunition manufacturing rose by 51 per cent across the United Kingdom in 2024/25, according to figures published by the Ministry of Defence.
RUSI questions core principle of UK targeting project
A principle set out by the team building Britain's Digital Targeting Web fundamentally misunderstands the purpose of safeguards, according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute, which warns that legal and ethical checks cannot speed up a targeting cycle.
Ministers keep quiet on laser weapons beyond DragonFire
The Ministry of Defence has declined to say what directed energy weapons it is developing alongside DragonFire, telling Parliament only that further announcements will be made when appropriate.
Pollard sets out plan for UK to win NATO manufacturing work
The Ministry of Defence is working through a series of NATO mechanisms to secure British industrial benefit from the alliance's push to expand collective manufacturing capacity, says (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP.
US moves to ramp up naval anti-ballistic missile production
Boeing has signed seven-year framework agreements to increase production of key components for the Standard Missile-3, a ship-launched anti-ballistic missile designed to intercept threats outside the Earth's atmosphere.
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