United Kingdom Ministry of Defence

The new Fleet Solid Support vessels will be required to service the Royal Navy's £6.3bn Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and their strikeforce of new F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that the order is scheduled to go out to full international tender on 30 April.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to invest £3bn in its MPA capability over the next decade. In addition, the MoD previously confirmed an investment of £3.7bn last year in order to begin construction of the first three of the latest Type 26 frigates on the Clyde. Williamson said: “These submarine ...

A Tomahawk land attack missile is fired from the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey early Saturday, April 14, 2018, as part of a joint military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. The United States, United Kingdom and France launched military strikes on Syria to degrade the chemical weapons ...

An additional GBP600 million (USD842.5 million) funding is being made available to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to help cover expected cost overruns in the country's Dreadnought successor nuclear deterrent submarine programme, Prime Minister Theresa May told parliament on 28 March. May said ...

LONDON — Fourteen years after exiting development of the Boxer wheeled armored vehicle, the U.K. Ministry of Defence has opted to rejoin the program with the intention to equip the British Army with the 8x8 starting 2023. “The U.K. will re-join the Boxer program and explore options to equip the Army ...

Fayetteville, N.C. — The Department of Defense on Saturday identified a Fort Bragg soldier who died Friday in Syria. Master Sgt. Johnathan J. Dunbar, 36, of Austin, Texas, died in Manbij, Syria, when an improvised explosive device went off near his patrol, according to the DOD. The incident is under ...

The UK Ministry of Defence has said Tonroe was embedded with US forces on a counter ISIS operation when the attack occurred. The explosion also injured five others, the US-led coalition in Syria has said. The coalition said details about the incident are being withheld pending further investigation.

Metal 3D printing received a boost this week with two announcements from the UK. Titanium's high strength, lightweight and resistance to corrosion make the metal a desirable choice for applications in aerospace, defence and healthcare. However, the cost of titanium makes it prohibitively expensive for ...

The UK's Ministry of Defence had a contract as recently as last month with a company that shared the same parent company as Cambridge Analytica, Middle East Eye has learnt. An investigation by MEE into links between Cambridge Analytica's parent company, SCL Ltd, and government ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB) for its next-generation Joint Fires Synthetic Trainer (JFST) late February and has invited six companies to bid for the programme, which is expected to be worth between GBP20 million and GBP80 million (USD27 million and USD110 million) ...

The company won contracts from the UK Ministry of Defence, the US Department of Defense, BAE Systems and a five-year interpreting program from NATO. Gould expects demand in this specialized sector to grow given “escalating global uncertainties and the required collaboration across international ...

In addition, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) previously announced a 20-year work programme to be carried out at the shipyards last year, thereby securing more than 4,000 job opportunities in the country. The name of the first Type 26 frigate, HMS Glasgow, was announced in July last year, while the ...

The UK Ministry of Defence recently purchased an operational license for SurfZoneView, the New Zealand Navy software tool that maps conditions near the shore for use by navys, Civil Defence, Search and Rescue organisations and coastal engineers. The software, developed by MetOcean Solutions in ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is preparing to release a combined pre-qualification questionnaire and invitation to negotiate (ITN) to industry for the Type 31e general purpose frigate competitive design phase (CDP). The Babcock/Thales ‘Team 31’, offering a design based on the ...

Petards, the software developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, has secured contracts worth £1.5m with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). The company has a long-established relationship with the organisation, with these new projects involving the supply of radio equipment and ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £260 million agreement with the US government to support the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) C-17 aircraft, the UK MoD announced on 17 February. The foreign military sale agreement will run until 2022 and will deliver spares, design services, reliability and ...

In an article published on the UK Ministry of Defence website on February 12, 2017, the visit was highlighted. In his first trip to Australia as Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Williamson met his counterpart, Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, in Sydney. They examined how both allies can continue to adapt ...

In an article published on the UK Ministry of Defence website on February 12, 2017, the visit was highlighted. In his first trip to Australia as Secretary of State for Defence, Mr Williamson met his counterpart, Minister for Defence, Marise Payne, in Sydney. They examined how both allies can continue to adapt ...

LONDON (Alliance News) - Rubber-based products manufacturer Avon Rubber PLC said on Thursday it has entered a five-year contract worth GBP16.0 million with the UK Ministry of Defence. Under the terms, Avon Rubber will resupply and provide in-service support of the ministry's General Service ...

China's state media has hit back at the UK Defence Secretary after he announced a Royal Navy warship would sail through the disputed South China Sea, accusing Britain of merely seeking attention. HMS Sutherland will make the passage on her return from Australia later this year to assert freedom of ...

This division has secured work with the UK Ministry of Defence, the US Department of Defence, BAE Systems and NATO. So far in 2018, Zia Mir has been appointed as business development director in this division, with Clare Riches promoted to director. A spokesperson for thebigword said: "While the ...

Removal of low-level nuclear waste from the decommissioned Royal Navy (RN) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) ex-HMS Swiftsure is planned to complete later this year, marking the end of first-stage dismantling, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has told Jane's . Ex-Swiftsure – retired from service ...