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The Ministry of Defence has awarded a GBP 3 million contract to HII Unmanned Systems Inc for in-service support of the Royal Navy's REMUS 100 and REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicle fleets.
The UK government has flatly rejected calls by the President of Argentina for renewed negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
British Typhoon jets were scrambled from Romania and authorised to engage Russian drones near the Ukrainian border in the early hours of Saturday morning, though both aircraft returned to base without firing.
HMS Prince of Wales has sailed from Portsmouth to begin preparations for the deployment of the Carrier Strike Group to the High North and North Atlantic later this year, the Royal Navy confirmed, with the carrier set to operate under NATO's Arctic Sentry mission.
The Joint Expeditionary Force is developing operational concepts to protect undersea cables and pipelines in the Atlantic and North Sea.
The Scottish Government has not responded to a request from UK ministers to match fund a GBP 10 million commitment to establish two Defence Technical Excellence Colleges in Scotland, Minister Luke Pollard confirmed.
The Ministry of Defence has assessed that the Iran conflict has so far had no significant impact on the UK's ability to manufacture defence equipment, though it is continuing to monitor potential disruption to critical supply chains.
UPDATED: The UK has clarified that both RAF Typhoons returned to base without engaging any targets, after Romania's Ministry of National Defence reported the jets were authorised to engage drones near the Ukrainian border and that multiple explosions subsequently followed.
A German Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has been deployed to RAF Lossiemouth for the first time under the Trinity House Agreement.
The replacement of the Land Rover will show whether defence procurement can manage integration risk and deliver platforms that are properly proven.
