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Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Philip Hammond attended an international security summit and met HMS Echo's ship's company during a visit to Singapore at the weekend.
A Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft has been flown in UK airspace by an RAF aircrew for the first time.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has delivered a speech at the annual meeting of the Chiefs of European Navies in Portsmouth.
Earlier this morning, the Ministry of Defence sent a military aircraft to join the search and rescue effort for the missing British sailors.
The UK has sent an RAF Sentinel to assist the Nigerian government in the search for more than 200 teenage girls.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond delivered a speech at the Reform Annual Dinner in London on Tuesday 13 May.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has visited Afghanistan to mark the latest milestone in the drawdown of UK forces.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond announced that a review into whether women can serve in combat roles has been brought forward.
Philip Hammond has visited Royal Air Force personnel deployed to Lithuania as part of the Nato Baltic air policing mission.
Three women have become the first females to serve in the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
British troops have deployed to Estonia to take part in a multinational training exercise.
A £125 million MOD contract to maintain, repair and upgrade the RAF's Tornado fast jets has secured more than 600 British engineering jobs.
Four Royal Air Force Typhoons have deployed today to take part in the Nato Baltic air policing mission over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The combat aircraft will fly in Britain for the first time this summer at 2 airshows.
Armed forces veterans will benefit from a new £6.7 million housing development in Glasgow.
Philip Hammond was in Scotland today visiting Scottish veterans, and workers at Thales Optronics in Glasgow.
The next deployment of UK armed forces to Afghanistan is due to take place in June 2014, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond says the UK is a 'credible and capable' military force.
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