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  • Commercial partner announced to help improve MOD business services

    The award of a contract to a commercial partner to help improve the MOD's business services has been announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary observes Olympic air security exercise

    Codenamed Taurus Mountain 2, the exercise tested the ability of the Armed Forces to respond to an airborne threat. It involved RAF Typhoon aircraft…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary responds to criticism over Navy tankers order

    A letter from Defence Secretary Philip Hammond responding to calls that the MOD contracts for new Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers should have been awarded to UK firms has been published in the Daily Mail today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Ministers visit central Asian countries

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond is holding talks with the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan this week to secure supply lines for getting equipment home from Afghanistan when combat operations finish there.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Reservists to be called up for Olympics duties

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond today informed Parliament that a call-out order has been made under the Reserve Forces Act and that call-out…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Combat operations in Afghanistan to continue as planned

    There has been various media speculation that British troops face only one more summer of major combat operations in Afghanistan after reports of comments made by the US Defence Secretary and French President.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary meets New Zealand counterpart

    The Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has welcomed the New Zealand Minister of Defence Dr Jonathan Coleman to the UK.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Olympic security training continues with military aviation exercise

    Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft are in operation over the skies of Yorkshire as part of a major training exercise to prepare for this year's Olympic Games.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Thames exercise prepares Marines for Olympic security role

    This week's Olympic security training exercise on the River Thames in London, which has involved nearly 100 Royal Marines joining up with police and has been designed to mitigate against potential threats during the sum…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Non-Executive appointed

    Mr Graham Williams, a former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner, has been appointed as a Non-Executive Member of the Defence Board and Chair of the Audit Committee by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Second tranche of Armed Forces redundancies announced

    The Armed Forces are today announcing the fields from which they will select those to be made redundant in Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Navy captures 13 Somali pirates

    Thirteen Somali pirates were captured on a dhow in the Indian Ocean on Friday by a combination of Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary sees Olympic security plans taking shape

    Mr Hammond visited the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset where Olympic and Paralympic watersport events will take place…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nato: the case for collective defence in the 21st Century

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The UK's contribution to freeing Libya

    At its peak the UK had around 4,000 personnel, 37 aircraft and four ships committed to the operation to support Libyan civilians under threat from Colonel Gaddafi's regime.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary visits Washington

    In his first visit to the United States since his appointment as Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond has travelled to Washington to meet his American counterpart, Secretary Leon Panetta.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £400m equipment package for troops in Afghanistan announced

    A £400m package of protected vehicles and Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) technology to further improve the protection of British Forces in Afghanistan has been announced by Defence Secretary Philp Hammond today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Defence Secretary Christmas message to Defence staff

    Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has written the following Christmas message of support and best wishes to all Defence personnel.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Military support to 2012 Olympic Games announced

    The extent to which Britain's Armed Forces will support the security effort for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London was announced today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Delivering on the frontline: operational success and sustainable armed forces

    Speech by Philip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government