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  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    UK defence spending
    Cost of UK’s new fleet of armed drones jumps 40%

    First of 16 US-made Protector aircraft will enter service late next year as price rises to £1.8bn

    A Protector aircraft taking off from RAF Waddington
  • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
    UK politics
    ‘Safe pair of hands’ Grant Shapps appointed UK defence secretary

    Claire Coutinho promoted to energy security in mini-reshuffle after Ben Wallace’s departure

    Grant Shapps
  • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
    UK defence spending
    British army’s £3.2bn battlefield radio ‘next procurement disaster’

    Defence ministry says it is reviewing progress on contract but remains committed to system having already spent £690mn

  • Friday, 11 August, 2023
    Aerospace & Defence
    Saudi Arabia pushes to join fighter jet project with UK, Italy and Japan

    Request creates tension between partners in landmark three-way combat aircraft programme

    An artist’s impression of what the final design could look like for the next-generation of fighter jets developed under the Global Combat Air Programme
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
    Harlan Ullman
    Britain’s armed forces must adapt radically to meet future threats

    War in Europe should focus minds on the need for a more agile and potent fighting force

    Soldiers training wearing camouflage fatigues and helmets
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    UK economy
    UK ministers plan task force to plug nuclear skills gap

    Tens of thousands of workers needed to deliver on new power stations and submarines

    EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk, UK
  • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
    ESG investing
    City investors putting UK security at risk over ESG, ministers warn

    ‘Perverse’ to be shunning defence companies at time of war, say Griffith and Cartlidge

  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    UK military to adopt ‘campaigning mindset’ in new science-driven strategy

    Defence paper calls for ‘shift in organisational culture’ to better respond to threats in an age of funding constraints

    Ben Wallace
  • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
    Global InsightLeila Abboud
    Macron’s ‘bonsai army’ needs more money to grow

    France plans to boost defence spending by 40% but will not get many new capabilities

    Emmanuel Macron and Thierry Burkhard stand in the command car as they arrive on the Champs Elysee during the annual Bastille Day military parade
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    UK defence spending
    UK to boost ammunition stockpiles by £2.5bn

    Revamped defence review aims to increase deadliness and agility of Britain’s armed forces

    An Ajax Ares tank, an armoured personnel carrier
  • Saturday, 15 July, 2023
    UK defence spending
    UK military procurement system comes under fire from MPs

    Parliamentary report highlights failings two days before Ministry of Defence is due to publish its latest strategy

  • Monday, 10 July, 2023
    BAE Systems secures UK order to boost output of battlefield munitions

    Deal comes as Nato allies set to agree on blueprint for co-operation on defence procurement amid concerns over shortages

    BAE Systems 155mm ultra light howitzer sits on display during the DefExpo 20 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Monday, 26 June, 2023
    UK defence spending
    Defence secretary calls for greater share of UK spending on military

    Wallace comments come ahead of publication of plan to reshape armed forces in wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

    Defence secretary Ben Wallace in the Commons
  • Monday, 19 June, 2023
    UK military is struggling to recruit tech experts, says report

    Government-commissioned inquiry warns Britain’s ability to win on the modern battlefield is at stake

    Soldiers from the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment test out virtual reality equipment in Chester
  • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
    UK defence spending
    ‘Systemic’ procurement problems led to UK armoured vehicles fiasco

    Report into troubled £5.5bn Ajax programme identifies failings in the Ministry of Defence

    An Ajax Ares armoured vehicle on a training exercise in Dorset
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    News in-depthAerospace & Defence
    The age-old question: how do governments pay for wars?

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to a sharp rise in defence spending

    Military vessels sail in Sagami Bay during the “International Fleet Review”
  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    UK foreign policy
    Russia remains UK’s top security threat, warns intelligence chief

    Adrian Bird says Moscow is priority until 2030 when focus will switch to challenge posed by China

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    UK defence secretary warns of threat of wider global conflict by end of decade

    Ben Wallace urges firm timetable for increasing military spending to 2.5% of GDP

    UK defence secretary Ben Wallace and Commandant Zachary Stenning watch cadets in training during a visit to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Berkshire, UK
  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    News in-depth
    Allies keep close watch on British plans to reshape armed forces

    Russian aggression and Chinese threat pose dilemma for cash-strapped, midsized military power seeking to retain global role

    The British army’s Challenger tanks
  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    UK’s cyber spy agency offers rare insights into its activities

    Head of covert unit conducting ‘daily’ hacking operations named for the first time

    James Babbage
  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Janan Ganesh
    Western voters won’t give up the peace dividend

    Governments are right to increase defence spending, but their electorates prefer butter to guns

    A protester kicks a tear gas canister in front of the Palais Garnier building during a rally in Paris
  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    UK defence spending
    UK resumes payments for army’s troubled Ajax programme

    Defence secretary says progress made on long-delayed £5.5bn armoured vehicle procurement

    An Ajax Ares armoured vehicle
  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    UK defence ministry to receive extra £6bn over next five years

    Budget allocation comes on top of £5bn for next two years promised by Rishi Sunak

    British Army paratroopers in training on Salisbury Plain
  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Sunak adopts European mainstream with fresh language on defence

    Integrated review highlights end of ‘peace dividend’, as extra cash for defence will have to come from other public services

    French president Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s prime minister Rishi Sunak attend a joint news conference in Paris
  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    UK defence spending
    UK warns China poses ‘epoch-defining challenge’ to world order

    Government’s updated integrated review of foreign and defence policy lists Russia as the most immediate challenge

    Royal Navy Vanguard-class submarine HMS Vigilant
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