Defence in the Media: 4 February 2015
...worth around 22%, (£9.8 billion), allowing us to maintain our position as the second largest exporter of new defence products and services, behind only the US. Not bad considering the...
...worth around 22%, (£9.8 billion), allowing us to maintain our position as the second largest exporter of new defence products and services, behind only the US. Not bad considering the...
...work that the UN and Member States began in New York last September. To ensure UN Peacekeeping is up to the task and our peacekeepers are ready for their missions,...
F-35 contract The business section of today’s Telegraph reports that Rolls-Royce has been awarded contracts to build and maintain lift fan systems for the F-35B. The new equipment will allow...
...over £1.1 billion in aid, and we are pursuing a new political process to end the Syrian civil war with urgency and determination. Last week’s Vienna talks on Syria were...
...the next spending review. Over the next decade, the Government has committed to spending £163 billion on equipment and equipment support to keep Britain safe. That includes new strike fighters;...
...As you may have heard yesterday we will also be investing in nine new P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft for maritime surveillance, anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare, increasing further the protection...
...The Portsmouth News and BBC South both report on the new line of Pacific 24 boats that are being made by BAE in Portsmouth. The reports state that the new...
Today’s defence-related news features reports that a resident king penguin and honorary member of the king of Norway’s guard has been given a new title of brigadier. Saudi Arabia It...
...barred from the Armed Forces on safety grounds under new medical guidance. Those with the condition have been banned from the Royal Navy for decades but the newspaper says the...
...homes can be built on it. Every penny made will be invested back into defence on things like the new maritime aircraft at Lossiemouth or the new ships being built...