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Members of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment (RG) have spent five weeks in The Gambia training officers and soldiers from the Gambian Armed Forces (GAF).
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Royal Marines Band Scotland stage surprise performances in Rome during HMS Albion’s visit to Italy
Amazon and the Ministry of Defence are teaming up to scale up and accelerate work on advancing digital skills development across UK defence.
Minister for the Armed Forces statement in the House of Commons on the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali
Individuals and teams across Defence will be upskilled to confront the latest cyber threats and prove cyber readiness, through a partnership announced today
Ofsted has published its 14th annual report on the effectiveness of care and welfare arrangements for recruits, trainees and officer cadets.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met virtually with ministers from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner nations to discuss attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Ben Wallace travelled to Ukraine to discuss the UK’s ongoing support and the next steps as Ukraine battles to free itself from Russia’s invasion
One of Dstl’s leading urban warfare experts travelled to the United States to participate in and help run a specialist training course.
Royal Australian Navy crews will train on the newly commissioned HMS Anson and other Astute-Class submarines, the Prime Minister has announced today.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Dozens of Ukrainian personnel will be taught to use the autonomous minehunting vehicles by the Royal Navy and our US partners over the coming months
James Heappey spoke with soldiers from the Royal Welsh and 2nd Battalion, the Rifles and met Estonia’s newly appointed Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace met counterparts from Ukraine, Denmark and other key allies and partners in Copenhagen to discuss plans for long-term military support for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion
Decision comes after the successful use of UK multiple-launch rocket systems by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, gifted earlier this year
Around 150 British Army and Royal Air force personnel have deployed to Finland alongside US and Finnish armed forces for Exercise Vigilant Fox.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed that Her Majesty The Queen has approved the new appointment of Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.
On the year anniversary of the recommendations made by Sarah Atherton MP in her report, defence looks back at the measures introduced.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Havrylov and UK Armed Forces Minister James Heappey met Ukrainian sailors being trained by the Royal Navy in Scotland and visited infantry training by the Army in England.
HMS Montrose seized dozens of packages containing advanced weaponry, including surface-to-air-missiles and engines for land attack cruise missiles.
Soldiers, sailors, and aviators will race from arctic warfare to fast jet landings thanks to a new virtual reality training system, under a £7.2 million contract secured by Defence, Equipment and Support.
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