Social value weighting doubled in government contracts
Companies bidding for central government contracts will be scored twice as heavily on the local benefits they deliver, with the social value weighting rising from 10% to 20% for contracts worth £5 million or more, according to the Cabinet Office.
US forces deplete long-range missile stocks in Iran war
The United States Army has used up much of its stockpile of long-range precision missiles during the five-month war with Iran, according to an exclusive report by Reuters, raising questions about readiness for future conflicts.
US posture review could reshape American presence in Europe
Former UK Defence Attaché to Moscow says the real question in the Pentagon's Europe review is not troop numbers, but which military jobs America keeps doing and which Europe must take on itself.
Three tank regiments, 190 tanks needed, 148 on order
Three tank regiments at 56 each, plus 22 for training. That is 190. Challenger 3 will deliver 148. A new paper by Robert Clark puts 3rd Division 42 tanks short and wants the order raised to 198 at £650mn.
Government urged to halt retirement of Warrior
The first of eight recommendations in Britain's Military Deterrence Gaps is that the Government halt the decommissioning of the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle and fund the Warrior Capability Programme, which was part funded and then rejected.
New report warns Britain’s deterrent is being hollowed out
A new 878 Institute paper argues Britain's ability to deter a peer adversary is being eroded by delay, across armour, satellites and the surface fleet.
Kyiv defence business centre to open, minister says
Answering questions on the UK/EU-Ukraine Defence Innovation Corridor roundtable, Luke Pollard pointed to a business centre about to open in Kyiv to give British SMEs access to Ukrainian industry.
Man jailed over reconnaissance at UK military academy
Mohammed Asim Bashir has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years after scouting the UK Defence Academy alongside the man who later attacked the Heaton Park synagogue.
Union warns 100 base caretakers could lose jobs and homes
The PCS union says more than 100 military base caretakers face losing their jobs and tied homes under MOD plans to abolish 125 caretaker posts across the reserve estate.
Only Russian mobilisation could shift the war, official says
Russia is broadly replacing its losses through recruitment but is not generating mass needed to change the course of the war, and only a decision to mobilise could shift the front line, according to a Western official.
