Today’s defence related news includes coverage of the Royal Navy’s new offshore patrol vessels.
Royal Navy fisheries protection
The Telegraph reports this morning that the Royal Navy has taken delivery of state-of-the-art gunboats to protect Britain’s fishing waters. The paper quotes the Defence Secretary saying the vessels ‘stand ready’ to form part of the Royal Navy Fishery Protection Squadron, and will be the Royal Navy’s eyes and ears in the UK. The paper gives further details of the delivery of the ships and how they will operate.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said:
The Royal Navy has a proud tradition of protecting the UK’s coastline and keeping a close eye on our fishing waters. With these state-of-the-art, vastly capable ships we stand ready to protect our fisheries once Britain leaves the EU.
You can read more about the new offshore patrol vessels here.
SCL group
The Times carries an in-depth article on the government’s ties to SCL. MOD is mentioned in the piece, with the reporter saying that the Department had four contracts with SCL (three with SCL Group and one with SCL Insight).
An MOD spokesperson said:
We have no current relationship or existing contracts with SCL Group, which includes Cambridge Analytica. As such, the company has no access to any classified information.
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