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Britain and France to lead Hormuz transit mission
Britain is co-leading planning with France for a Multinational Military Mission intended to give commercial shipping safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Sealift outline case due this financial year
The Strategic Outline Case for the Strategic Sealift Future programme, which will decide how Britain replaces the ships that move the Army's heavy equipment, is intended to be completed before the end of this financial year.
HMS Protector towed home after propulsion defects
The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector could not sail from Teesside to Devonport under her own power this month because of propulsion defects, and was towed instead so that engineers can work out what to do with her.
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Babcock opens skills centre on Devonport waterfront
Babcock has opened a Skills Centre at Devonport Dockyard able to support fifteen hundred technical staff and apprentices a year, and has broken ground on an Integrated Logistics Hub at Sherford.
Bluebottle maker opens Sydney plant for forty vessels
Ocius Technology has opened an engineering, production and maintenance hub for its Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessels in Sydney, together with a round-the-clock global operations centre.
Britain and France to lead Hormuz transit mission
Britain is co-leading planning with France for a Multinational Military Mission intended to give commercial shipping safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
Sealift outline case due this financial year
The Strategic Outline Case for the Strategic Sealift Future programme, which will decide how Britain replaces the ships that move the Army's heavy equipment, is intended to be completed before the end of this financial year.
HMS Protector towed home after propulsion defects
The Royal Navy's ice patrol ship HMS Protector could not sail from Teesside to Devonport under her own power this month because of propulsion defects, and was towed instead so that engineers can work out what to do with her.
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Protector drone flight over Channel was not for Home Office
An RAF Protector RG-1 that flew over the English Channel on 14 October was operating in support of defence aims and not in support of the Home Office, according to an answer given in Parliament.
British jets escort French jets on ‘nuclear strike’
British Typhoon jets have escorted French Rafales simulating a nuclear strike mission over the Mediterranean.
Britain and Germany review joint strike programme
Luke Pollard hosted the German State Secretary for Armament and Innovation at Lancaster House for talks covering Deep Precision Strike and wider defence industrial cooperation.
Simple front door for defence suppliers due this year
The Ministry of Defence intends to publish a simple front door of procurement entry points for small and medium-sized enterprises by the end of this calendar year.
RAF Chinooks and A400M to fight UK wildfires from the sky
The Royal Air Force will equip its Chinook helicopters and A400M Atlas transport aircraft to fight fires, giving Britain an aerial firefighting capability permanently based in the United Kingdom for the first time.
LAND NEWS
Review under way on array that detects nuclear tests
An independent review has been commissioned into ways of reducing the ground vibration reaching the Eskdalemuir seismic array.
All Boxers built to one standard, says minister
All 623 Boxers are being delivered to a common build standard, which has made variant and build configuration effectively the same thing.
Service leavers offered wind turbine training
People leaving the Armed Forces can take Global Wind Organisation safety and technical training through the Career Transition Partnership as a route into the wind energy industry.
Army seeks new ways to power troops on the battlefield
UK Defence Innovation has opened a Tactical Power Challenge worth £2.45 million seeking better ways to generate, store, distribute and manage electrical power for deployed forces.
Investment plan not investable as it stands, MPs told
Stephen Phipson, chief executive of MakeUK, was giving evidence alongside Kevin Craven of ADS, Julian David of techUK and Arnab Dutt of the Federation of Small Businesses.
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