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Louise Sandher-Jones, Minister for the Armed Forces, has confirmed that several Army exercises have been fully or partially cancelled this financial year.
The Golden Valley Development near Cheltenham has the potential to contribute to the Defence Investment Plan’s cyber objectives by creating a cyber and technology ecosystem.
RAF Typhoons on Exercise Rummy were tasked in a conventional Offensive Counter Air role, escorting French Air Force strike aircraft and protecting them from simulated adversaries.
Lord Coaker, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence, has said investigations are examining the root causes of Armed Forces pension errors and whether contracts were breached, with remedies to be considered afterwards.
Twenty-two per cent of Britons under 35 regard a willingness to serve in the military at a time of need as highly important, against 45 per cent of those aged 55 and over, according to the British Social Attitudes survey.
HMS Cardiff, the second of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 anti-submarine frigates, has had two 17-metre pole masts fitted above her mission bay at BAE Systems’ Scotstoun yard on the Clyde, giving the ship her final profile.
Louise Sandher-Jones, Minister for the Armed Forces, has said Britain’s contribution agreement for the EU’s Ukraine Support Loan will stay unpublished because releasing it unilaterally could undermine relations with the EU.
The Army is developing new Reserve structures and a new Reserve Operating Model to give reservists clearer roles, missions and opportunities to contribute to national defence.
A forecast fall in the Ministry of Defence’s day-to-day budget for 2027-28 reflects lower pension contributions and will not cut any funding streams, say the UK.
A report on the F-35 programme is under handling restrictions that stops the Government detailing any issues.
