UK training for Ukraine shifts to specialist skills
Operation Interflex, the UK-led programme that has trained more than 63,000 Ukrainians since 2022, is entering a new phase moving away from mass infantry training towards specialist areas including aviation, medical, engineering and logistics.
Future of Army Reserve training at Grantham unresolved
The Ministry of Defence has said it cannot yet confirm how Army Reserve basic training will be delivered once the Grantham barracks closes, or what any change would cost, pointing to a review of training across the UK due to report in autumn 2026.
Back-loading defence budget ‘a disaster’, MPs told
Putting off the bulk of Britain's planned increase in defence spending until the years immediately before the 2035 target would be a serious mistake, the Director-General of Make UK Defence Andrew Kinniburgh has warned MPs.
Defence firms being ‘de-banked’, MPs told
A growing number of British defence firms are struggling to get bank overdrafts and working capital, the Treasury Committee has heard.
Five Eyes warn of Chinese spies posing as job recruiters
Chinese military intelligence officers are posing as recruiters on sites such as LinkedIn, Indeed and Upwork to lure people with access to sensitive information into writing paid reports, the Five Eyes agencies have warned in a joint bulletin setting out how the approach works.
Trust the public on threat resilience, Downie urges
Opening a Westminster Hall debate on national emergencies, Graeme Downie argued the UK must treat resilience as a constant, society-wide effort and be far more honest with the public about the scale of the threats it faces.
British battle tanks on the Russian border
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.
British Army picks DCE for first operational UGV fleet
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.
Healey informs Commons of fatal training accident in Iraq
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 tanks fight off mock attack near Russian border
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.
