Government news, all in one place

Ministry of Defence

7686 articles

Showing 1801-1830

Sherwood Forester and an unknown soldier buried 100 years after their deaths in the Great War

Sherwood Forester and an unknown soldier buried 100 years after their deaths in the Great War

Thursday, 18 April 2019

Two burial services have taken place on the Western Front for an unknown soldier of the Sherwood Foresters and an unknown soldier of an unknown regime...

Read More → news_story
Life saving frontline technology given £5 million boost

Life saving frontline technology given £5 million boost

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

The development of the TXA Autoinjector will allow life-saving blood clotting treatment to be given at the push of a button....

Read More → news_story
UK and India strengthen defence ties with new agreement

UK and India strengthen defence ties with new agreement

Monday, 15 April 2019

The UK is set to strengthen defence ties with India through a renewed Memorandum of Understanding, Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced....

Read More → news_story
Apaches take off for Estonia

Apaches take off for Estonia

Monday, 15 April 2019

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson bid farewell to Army aviators as they took off for Estonia, where they will be training alongside NATO forces worki...

Read More → news_story
RAF Northolt runway closes as planned for resurfacing

RAF Northolt runway closes as planned for resurfacing

Monday, 15 April 2019

RAF Northolt’s runway has closed for 6 months as planned so that resurfacing works can take place....

Read More → news_story
Cornish soldier killed during World War 1 is finally laid to rest

Cornish soldier killed during World War 1 is finally laid to rest

Monday, 15 April 2019

Private (Pte) Arthur Burt who served with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, has been honoured and has finally been laid to rest....

Read More → news_story
Suppliers announced for housing and facilities management contract framework

Suppliers announced for housing and facilities management contract framework

Wednesday, 10 April 2019

DIO’s Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) programme has reached a milestone with the announcement that Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has ap...

Read More → news_story
MOD launches £2 million fund to counter drones threat

MOD launches £2 million fund to counter drones threat

Tuesday, 09 April 2019

The MOD has launched a £2-million competition for proposals to tackle the future threats of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)....

Read More → press_release
UK’s most advanced jets deploy overseas for the first time

UK’s most advanced jets deploy overseas for the first time

Monday, 08 April 2019

F-35B Lightning aircraft are set to deploy to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus...

Read More → news_story
Billion pound investment in vital MOD testing sites

Billion pound investment in vital MOD testing sites

Friday, 05 April 2019

Military equipment testing, training and evaluation sites are set to get a £1.3-billion boost, the Defence Secretary has announced....

Read More → news_story
Royal Navy vessel identifies evasion of North Korea sanctions

Royal Navy vessel identifies evasion of North Korea sanctions

Friday, 05 April 2019

A Royal Navy vessel conducting United Nations sanctions enforcement against North Korea has successfully tracked an illegal transfer at sea....

Read More → news_story
Operational Honours and Awards List: April 2019

Operational Honours and Awards List: April 2019

Friday, 05 April 2019

A number of members of the Armed Forces have been named in the latest Operational Honours and Awards List....

Read More → news_story
MOD to establish Centre of Excellence for Human Security

MOD to establish Centre of Excellence for Human Security

Thursday, 04 April 2019

The UK is a nation that leads from the front and it should do so in protecting human rights, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson declares....

Read More → news_story
UK and Cyprus agree to closer defence and security ties

UK and Cyprus agree to closer defence and security ties

Thursday, 04 April 2019

Gavin Williamson and his Cypriot counterpart sign Memorandum of Understanding enhancing defence co-operation ...

Read More → news_story
Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70

Seven Decades of Security: NATO at 70

Thursday, 04 April 2019

As the world’s most successful alliance turns 70 it remains the cornerstone of UK defence....

Read More → news_story
Defence Minister and industry leaders commit to closer collaboration

Defence Minister and industry leaders commit to closer collaboration

Wednesday, 03 April 2019

Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has joined industry leaders at the Defence Suppliers Forum today to make a series of landmark commitments that will pro...

Read More → press_release
UK led high readiness force to deploy to the Baltic Sea

UK led high readiness force to deploy to the Baltic Sea

Wednesday, 03 April 2019

Nearly 2,000 UK Armed Forces personnel will deploy to the Baltic Sea for a series of multinational exercises in support of European security....

Read More → news_story
New ACC Andrea Bishop joins the Ministry of Defence Police

New ACC Andrea Bishop joins the Ministry of Defence Police

Tuesday, 02 April 2019

This week the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) welcomes new Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) Andrea Bishop, who will celebrate 30 years’ police service...

Read More → news_story
£75 million investment set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations

£75 million investment set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations

Monday, 01 April 2019

Robots and autonomous mine-hunters are set to revolutionise Royal Navy operations after the Defence Secretary announced a £75-million injection into n...

Read More → press_release
New initiatives introduced to support modern service life

New initiatives introduced to support modern service life

Monday, 01 April 2019

A series of new initiatives, aimed at modernising the living and working arrangements for armed forces personnel have been launched today by the Defen...

Read More → news_story
Civil use of government aerodromes

Civil use of government aerodromes

Monday, 01 April 2019

The information provided in this article is aimed at improving education and clarification on the civil use of government aerodromes....

Read More → news_story
New programme launched for armed forces personnel seriously wounded in conflict

New programme launched for armed forces personnel seriously wounded in conflict

Friday, 29 March 2019

The Ministry of Defence and NHS England have launched a new package of support for seriously wounded military personnel....

Read More → news_story
RAF Typhoons intercept Russian Aircraft over the North Sea

RAF Typhoons intercept Russian Aircraft over the North Sea

Friday, 29 March 2019

UK jets from RAF Lossiemouth respond. ...

Read More → news_story
NATO appoints UK Officer Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

NATO appoints UK Officer Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Lieutenant General Tim Radford has been appointed NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), demonstrating the leading role the UK plays...

Read More → news_story
Investment in Catterick training area creates challenging urban training environment

Investment in Catterick training area creates challenging urban training environment

Thursday, 28 March 2019

More than £1.2m has been invested in new buildings at Catterick training area to recreate the cluttered and congested environment of a city....

Read More → press_release
Project Servator: keeping defence safe

Project Servator: keeping defence safe

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Following its initial launch at two Defence sites in 2017, Project Servator remains a vital policing and counter terrorism tactic for the Ministry of ...

Read More → news_story
£2.5 million injection for drone swarms

£2.5 million injection for drone swarms

Thursday, 28 March 2019

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has awarded £2.5-million to a consortium led by Blue Bear Systems Research Ltd to develop drone swarm tech...

Read More → press_release
Protection from tax hikes extended for military personnel in Scotland

Protection from tax hikes extended for military personnel in Scotland

Wednesday, 27 March 2019

Over 8000 armed forces personnel will continue to be protected from tax rises made by the Scottish Government....

Read More → news_story
Graves of two Irish Soldiers killed during the Great War are rededicated a century later

Graves of two Irish Soldiers killed during the Great War are rededicated a century later

Friday, 22 March 2019

The resting places of Lieutenant (Lt) Gilbert Donnelly and Captain (Capt) John Forsythe Harvey, were honoured on Thursday 21 March during two rededica...

Read More → news_story
Multi billion pound deal for early warning radar aircraft

Multi billion pound deal for early warning radar aircraft

Friday, 22 March 2019

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has signed a $1.98-billion deal to purchase 5 E-7 early warning radar aircraft....

Read More → news_story

Share This


Enjoyed this? Why not share it with others if you've found it useful by using one of the tools below: