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The rotary wing element of the UK Military Flying Training System has marked ten years of delivery at RAF Shawbury, with Ascent Flight Training reflecting on a decade of tri-service helicopter aircrew training.
The government is to introduce fast-track legislation giving authorities new proscription-like powers to ban organisations acting as proxies for foreign states, the Security Minister has told the House of Commons.
The UK has committed a total of GBP 21.8 billion in support to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion, covering military, non-military, humanitarian, and reconstruction assistance across a broad range of programmes.
The government has introduced legislation to bring British Steel into public ownership, after negotiations with the company's current owner failed to produce terms that ministers considered a responsible use of public money.
The rapid integration and deployment of a new low-cost anti-drone missile on RAF Typhoon jets was made possible in part through trials conducted at MOD Aberporth range in west Wales, operated by QinetiQ under its Long Term Partnering Agreement with the Ministry of Defence.
The Royal Air Force has deployed the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System on anti-drone operations in the Middle East, fitted to Typhoon fighter jets, after moving from testing to operational deployment in under two months.
Minister Luke Pollard has told Parliament that defence suppliers who fail to deliver on time will earn less, as the government overhauls the rules governing around half of all defence equipment spending.
Aeralis, developing a potential Red Arrows replacement, has collapsed into administration blaming delays to the UK Defence Investment Plan.
Four firms have been picked to support Project NYX, the British Army's programme to develop autonomous uncrewed systems as loyal wingmen for Apache attack helicopters.
Twenty-seven nations have signed a joint statement affirming political support for an independent multinational military mission to secure freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.
