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  • The Secretary of State announces new Senior Appointments in the Armed Services

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon confirms the new appointments of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of the Air Staff and Commander Joint Forces Command.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Refurbished Chilcomb Ranges improves soldiers’ training experience

    Soldiers in the South East of the country are benefitting from recently completed refurbishment work at Chilcomb Ranges near Winchester.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • New navigation radar system for Royal Navy

    New state-of-the-art navigation radars will be fitted to more than 60 Royal Navy ships, submarines and shore facilities

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Armed Forces honoured at The Sun Military Awards

    Millies honour the accomplishment and professionalism of our servicemen and women

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Minister for Armed Forces visits future Army leaders

    Penny Mordaunt visits officer cadets at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • MOD plays host to Inspiring Women event

    On Tuesday 12 January, around 100 school children visited the MOD to meet inspirational women working in Defence and hear their stories.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Defence Secretary meets counterparts to discuss defeating Daesh

    The Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has met with his counterparts in Paris today to discuss the counter-Daesh campaign.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Defence Secretary announces more support to Ukraine Armed Forces

    The Defence Secretary has today announced the UK will gift around £500,000 worth of first aid kits to the Ukraine Armed Forces (UAF).

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Early completion of carrier crew accommodation is celebrated

    New modular accommodation to house sailors working on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier has been completed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • UK team deploys to train Nigerian forces fighting Boko Haram

    A UK military training team will deploy to Nigeria as part of the ongoing efforts to train local forces to combat Boko Haram.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • CDE themed competition webinar: synthetic biology for novel materials

    A webinar for this Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE) £750,000 phase-1 research funding competition was held on 7 March 2016.

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  • UK bolster training in Nigeria to help combat Boko Haram

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced a major uplift to UK support to the Nigerian armed forces to help combat Boko Haram.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Message to Defence personnel

    The Defence Secretary, the Chief of the Defence Staff and the Permanent Secretary have sent a message to all Defence personnel

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Roman burials discovered during work for new defence college

    Late Roman burials have been discovered during groundwork to construct, a £250 million training facility for the armed forces at Worthy Down.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Interesting times

    General Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the Defence Staff, RUSI Christmas Speech 2015.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • £1.2 billion construction phase of military accommodation project completed

    The construction phase of a £1.2 billion project to improve the living accommodation of single service personnel has just completed after 12 years.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Dredging project paves way for new QEC Carriers to make their home in Portsmouth

    Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has today visited Her Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth to view the preparations to ready the city to become the base port of the brand new Queen Elizabeth Class Carriers in early 2017.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Stronger defence in a more dangerous world

    Speech by Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • More beds completed for carrier crew

    The second phase of innovative new modular accommodation for sailors working on the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier has been completed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Strategic Defence and Security Review: £178bn of equipment spending

    The 2015 review analysed the full range of threats and examined the capabilities needed to counter them

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government