Defence news today includes the first meeting of the newly-formed Defence External Innovation Advisory Panel, and reporting on British Army recruitment. Defence Innovation Panel World class innovators including astronaut Tim Peake and former McLaren Chairman Ron Dennis gathered at the MOD …
The focus of today’s broadcast coverage continues to be on reports the US military has dropped a 21,600lb bomb on a tunnel complex used by Daesh militants in Afghanistan, the Prime Minister’s visit to Sandhurst and Gibraltar.
Top defence stories today include continued coverage of operations in western Mosul, where the RAF are providing close air support to Iraqi Security Forces; the announcement of an £8million investment in unmanned air systems; criticism of the Royal Navy’s Type …
In defence news, the MOD's Innovation Initiative is praised and twelve businesses have received awards for their outstanding support to the Armed Forces.
MOD’s Innovation Initiative to bring future-tech and ideas to the Armed Forces is widely reported in today’s papers.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has hosted a visit by the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in London.