Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have agreed a new chapter in UK/German defence and security cooperation. As an initial step, the UK and Germany will announce plans for a joint endeavour to develop Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm Wheeled Artillery Systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer ...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030. On a visit to Poland, the Prime Minister launched his plan to steadily increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade – reaching £87Bn a year in 2030. Rishi Sunak ...
Saab has signed an initial three-year contract with the UK Ministry of Defence, for the provision of support to Live Simulation systems with ILT-D (Instrumented Live Training), valued at £60M and options to extend until 2030. The ILT-D contract, replaces the previous DFWES (Direct Fire Weapon Effect Simulator) contract. ILT-D supports ...
As part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) Modernised Accommodation Offer (MAO), armed forces personnel are due to benefit from an upgrade to current Single Living Accommodation (SLA) arrangements. The change introduces a new minimum standard for SLA, which came into effect in March 2024, and is hoped to improve ...
December 10, 2024
Land - British Army completes first live firing of next-generation howitzer in Finland
British Army personnel have demonstrated a first live firing of a next-generation howitzer amidst freezing conditions in one of the
November 8, 2024
Homeland - Landmark UK-Germany defence agreement
A landmark defence agreement has been signed by Defence Secretary John Healey MP and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius in
