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The government has confirmed that a supply problem which forced flights from Glasgow and Edinburgh to divert for refuelling over the weekend was down to driver logistics, ruling out any link to the Middle East conflict or a wider jet fuel shortage.
Leicestershire firm Digital Concepts Engineering will supply fifteen X-series uncrewed ground vehicles to the British Army in what the company describes as the UK Ministry of Defence's largest order of UGVs to date.
The Defence Secretary has told the House of Commons of a training accident in northern Iraq, saying the family of those involved had asked for a period of grace before further details are released.
British heavy armour has deployed within 25km of the Russian border to rehearse defending against an incursion, as a battlegroup built around the Royal Regiment of Scotland took part in Exercise Spring Storm in south-eastern Estonia.
The chair of the Defence Committee, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, urged ministers to accelerate defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP this Parliament and to weigh new financing tools.
The United States has approved a possible foreign military sale to the Republic of Korea for an upgrade of its AH-64E Apache attack helicopters, a package the US State Department values at an estimated 1.2 billion dollars.
Defence Secretary John Healey has told the Commons the Prime Minister is determined to publish the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan before the next NATO summit, due in Ankara in July.
The Defence Secretary told the Commons the UK stands with Romania after a Russian drone hit an apartment block in Galati, and said he has commissioned options for the UK to contribute to any NATO-led action to reinforce the ally.
The United States has approved a possible foreign military sale to Ukraine for Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range kits and related equipment, a package the US State Department values at an estimated 373.6 million dollars.
The United States has approved a possible foreign military sale to Ukraine covering sustainment of its Hawk surface-to-air missile systems, a package the US State Department values at an estimated 108.1 million dollars.
