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The incoming Prime Minister committed to fully funding the Defence Investment Plan, a third of which is not yet paid for.
The British Army's sprawling training area in Canada is to become a major testing ground for uncrewed systems, with new investment enabling drone activity across 2,700 square kilometres of prairie.
A new laboratory named after Ernest Bevin will be built at Porton Down to research protection against biological threats to the UK and NATO allies.
The Defence Investment Plan funds the drones but hesitates over the spine they depend on, writes Thomas Santini of Lodestar.
Young people will be offered a year of paid experience and training in the Armed Forces under a new 'Gap Year' Foundation Scheme modelled on the Australian Defence Force programme.
Around 300 staff at Govan and Reading have voted for industrial action after rejecting a below-inflation pay offer, Unite says, with final talks scheduled.
Applications to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary are at a five-year high and voluntary outflow is falling, the MOD says, though challenges remain.
The programme to deliver Britain's next-generation fighter jet has been awarded a £4.6 billion contract.
Quick Reaction Alert aircraft launched on six days last year and three so far in 2026, according to figures released to Graeme Downie, the Labour MP for Dunfermline and Dollar.
The department withheld information on the signals intelligence pod for operational security, days after it was photographed on a Protector at Akrotiri.










