Today's defence news features further coverage of the Modernising Defence Programme, an interview in the Daily Telegraph with the Defence Secretary and a report on the Veterans Gateway.
Today’s defence news includes the unveiling of the first ever memorial to African and Caribbean servicemen and women; and a £260 million job-sustaining MOD contract for an advanced identification system.
Defence news today includes Royal Navy frigate HMS Sutherland escorting two Russian warships near the UK coastline, and news that £22.7m of LIBOR funding has been awarded to support older veterans.
...has said that security services have prevented 13 potential terror attacks since 2013. This comes as the police have launched a new campaign to get the public to contact the...
Defence news today includes reporting on the new Ministry of Defence and Foreign Office joint international defence engagement strategy, the NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Brussels, and military mental health.
Of note for Defence news today is further coverage of an attempted abduction near RAF Marham and reporting that Royal Navy fleet support vessels could be built abroad. RAF Marham Articles in The Times and Daily Mail report that the two men who tried to abduct …
Today's Defence news is dominated by last night’s vote in the House of Commons in which MPs voted overwhelmingly to renew our continuous at sea deterrent. Trident The renewal of Trident is widely covered by broadcasters this morning following the result of last night's vote, …
...the mandatory National Service in place until 1960 Most veterans (62.1 per cent) were married / in a civil partnership or widowed (16.1) The highest proportion of veterans (28.6) were...
Of note for Defence news today is further reporting on the future of Libya, and coverage of a Royal British Legion campaign for veterans.
...problems as the rest of society. Our statement on this issue is below: It is a condition of service that our personnel must be fit and healthy and the vast...
