The UK will spend nearly a quarter of a billion pounds throughout the next year to procure and invigorate supply chains to produce urgently needed artillery ammunition to boost Ukraine’s reserves. The announcement of £245M in support came exactly two years to the day since Putin launched his illegal full-scale invasion ...
Defence Procurement Minister, James Cartlidge, has revealed a raft of new reforms which will see a new procurement system for defence, allowing earlier expert assurance of future military programmes to ensure they deliver for UK forces on the frontline. To avoid previous challenges where programmes have been over-complex, over-budget, and over ...
The next stage of the New Medium Helicopter (NMH) Programme has been announced by the Minister for Defence Procurement, James Cartlidge. The NMH Programme is an initiative to acquire a modern medium-lift support helicopter, which will deliver up to five rotary wing requirements using a single aircraft-type. This means that the ...
A new UK Defence Drone Strategy has been launched to deliver a unified approach to uncrewed systems across all three military services. Supported by some £4.5Bn of investment, the new approach will see uncrewed systems delivered rapidly, equipping them with innovative technology across air, sea, and land. The UK Defence Drone Strategy, ...