Posts Tagged ‘Gavin Williamson’
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has committed £66 million of defence’s new multi-million-pound Transformation Fund to fast-track military robotic projects. The funding means that the British Army will benefit from a range of new equipment including new mini drones; remote-control capability for fighting vehicles; and autonomous logistic vehicles. The injection of funding ...
A year after the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury the Defence Secretary has announced £11 million to combat the effects of chemical attacks. In response to chemical attacks in the UK last year and increasing use of chemical weapons overseas a new fund will boost decontamination abilities. Methods like unmanned vehicles, robots, and ...
The Ministry of Defence has promised to invest £1.5 billion into modernising the UK’s defence estate. A plan for 33 defence estate sites across the UK has been released by the Defence Secretary. The sites will be subject to upgrade, closure, or repurposing. with a few original buildings being retained. Bases including ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced details of £235 million contract award to support nuclear propulsion systems and revealed the name of the third Dreadnought submarine. The multi-million-pound deal with Rolls-Royce Submarines Limited will sustain around 500 UK jobs and provide the support, advice and material required to ensure the ...
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