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Teams will receive contracts worth up to £5 million to push ahead with plans to build five new Type 31e warships.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Four shipbuilding firms and a British consortium have been selected to compete for the Fleet Solid Support ships contract
The day after naming a new UK warship HMS Sheffield, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has hailed the role Yorkshire companies play in the nation’s defence after visiting three firms in Huddersfield.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has today announced the name of a future world-beating British warship as HMS Sheffield.
Defence firms with cutting-edge ideas ranging from laser radars to Artificial Intelligence have been awarded over £10-million after being named winners of the MOD and Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) Innovation Challenge.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew was in Washington today to discuss the enduring UK-US defence present and future relationship and met with some of the biggest players in the US defence industry.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew today called on hundreds of firms to help the military respond to emerging threats as quickly as possible, calling them the ‘unsung heroes’ behind the Armed Forces.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced that new contracts expected to be worth over £1-billion have been signed with British firms to support military ships for the next decade.
The UK has launched a two-million-pound competition alongside the US in a joint-mission to safely eliminate chemical and biological devices on the battlefield.
British autonomous technology able to scour urban environments for enemy advances has been tested alongside an arsenal of futuristic military technology by Canadian soldiers on the streets of Montreal.
A programme to supply the British Army with a new fleet of eight-wheeled armoured vehicles has taken a major step forward, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced at one of the world’s leading land equipment events.
A state-of-the-art new facility making unique vertical lift technology for fighter jets has been opened by Defence Minister Stuart Andrew in Bristol today.
Qatar’s deal to buy 24 Typhoon jets and nine Hawks is now officially effective after BAE Systems received its first payment today.
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew today visited a Stockport company which is world-renowned in building tactical military bridges. While there, he marked the completion of a multi-million-pound deal to supply the Australian Arm…
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has seen first-hand the crucial role Welsh firms play in the defence sector after a tour of military suppliers in the country.
Britain’s new stealth fighter jet, the F-35B Lightning, has carried out its first trials armed with UK-built weapons, showcasing the major role that the UK plays in the supersonic aircraft and bringing it a step closer to op…
Tobias Ellwood and Stuart Andrew toured Scotland this week.
The fourth and final Tide class tanker, RFA Tideforce, has arrived in Cornwall for customisation.
Defence Minister Guto Bebb has officially launched a brand-new production line for the world’s first solid bio-ethanol fuel, FireDragon.
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