Defence in the media: 28 May 2015

...countries. British forces continue to conduct air operations to assist the Iraqi government in its fight against ISIL. Read our latest air strike update here. Rolls Royce engine contract The...
...countries. British forces continue to conduct air operations to assist the Iraqi government in its fight against ISIL. Read our latest air strike update here. Rolls Royce engine contract The...
...latest examples of the UK’s ongoing contribution to the reassurance, training, and defence of our Eastern European NATO allies. Following the deployment of RAF Typhoons on the Baltic Air Policing...
...and former defence minister Andrew Robathan are among nearly 90 Western public figures understood to have been placed on a Russian travel blacklist, which is being seen as the latest...
...joining American colleagues in the latest F-35B Lightning II fast jet trials. Lightning II is a STOVL aircraft: Short Take Off Vertical Landing. It will place the UK at the...
...cutting-edge ship with a flight deck capable of carrying our latest Merlin helicopters, HMS Medway will help to defend UK’s interest, whether at home or abroad. Secretary of State...
Defence-related stories in today's newspapers include continued coverage of the military spending debate and suspected traffickers being seized as a result of the latest migrant rescue by HMS Bulwark. HMS...
...to adapt to new platforms. I welcome the latest NAO report on UKMFTS – it is an extremely useful piece of work that ensures we are moving in the right...
...read our full response here: https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/2015/06/22/breaking-news-uk-responds-to-latest-nato-defence-spending-figures/ Migrant crisis The story that HMS Bulwark is to be replaced by HMS Enterprise is carried in The Times, which says that the “much...
...response to the latest NATO defence spending figures here. Defence Spending Both The Financial Times and The Times feature a report released by think tank Civitas today, which says that...
...following the latest Army LGBT conference, and click here to find out more about the UK Armed Forces rank in Stonewall’s top 100 index. Second Sea Lord Jonathan Woodcock (centre...