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The MoD has launched a tender for a contract to provide surface finishing and painting services across all RAF fixed and rotary wing aircraft at stations in the UK and overseas, estimated at just under £100 million over a decade.
The Royal Navy has completed a four-month trial with industry partners testing off-the-shelf drone and autonomous technology for anti-submarine warfare in the North Atlantic, under the Atlantic Bastion programme.
The Ministry of Defence has formally withheld all detailed budget and financial forecast information for the Dreadnought nuclear submarine programme.
The UK will keep armour in Estonia for the foreseeable future, with the Forward Land Forces battlegroup continuing to draw on lessons from Ukraine as part of NATO's eastern flank deterrence.
The former Permanent Secretary of the MoD has pushed back on suggestions he was made the "fall guy" for the Afghan data breach.
The Ministry of Defence has been engaging with the private sector to discuss the threat posed to undersea infrastructure by Russian sub-threshold interference.
Labour MP Graeme Downie has asked the MoD to assess the national security threat from Chinese electric vehicles, including remote kill switch capabilities. The government says it is working to manage the risks.
The UK has confirmed that some Type 26 frigate build slots are being transferred to Norway, with the Government stating that the difference "is to be made up through additional orders", meaning new ships will need to be ordered to keep the Royal Navy Type 26 Frigate fleet at eight.
The Defence Secretary and Chancellor have met with leaders from UK banking, venture capital and strategic finance to explore how private investment can be leveraged to accelerate defence readiness.
As the Strait of Hormuz crisis puts mine countermeasures back in the spotlight, Exail and JFD have agreed to partner on supporting Royal Navy next gen mine warfare capability.
