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The United Kingdom is a frontline nation already in conflict with Russia at sea, in the air and in cyberspace, and the government must wake up to that reality in the wake of John Healey's resignation as Defence Secretary, Labour MP Graeme Downie has said.
John Healey has resigned as Secretary of State for Defence, telling the Prime Minister that the financial settlement behind the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan falls well short of what the country needs.
AI algorithms developed under AUKUS Pillar 2 have not yet been deployed on RAF P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament.
The majority of the United Kingdom's largest-ever drone package for Ukraine, set to deliver at least 120,000 drones this year, will be spent with British firms.
The conflict in Iran has changed the delivery schedules of some US-manufactured munitions destined for the British armed forces, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament.
The Defence Investment Plan will be judged on whether Britain can sustain the forces it fields.
Around two in five of the 119 trainee fast jet pilots in the RAF's pipeline are on holdover between courses or waiting to start their operational conversion unit, fresh MoD figures show.
The Ministry of Defence will restart trials of the British Army's troubled Ajax armoured vehicle under tightly controlled conditions, with a second phase of fixes to air filtration, crew heating and electrical power due within months.
Fourteen of the twenty-four Hawk T1 jets still on the books of the Royal Air Force have used up more than eighty per cent of their fatigue index, the Ministry of Defence has said.
Britain's plan to put its two Falcon 900LX ministerial jets onto the Military Aircraft Register and to fit them with the defensive countermeasures needed for dangerous airspace has been paused while other work takes priority.
