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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 ...
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 ...
The cutting-edge DragonFire laser will be installed on Royal Navy warships for the first time from 2027 – far quicker than previously envisaged thanks to new defence procurement model which came into force this week. Laser weapons were originally expected to be rolled out to UK armed forces in 2032. But under ...
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