The UK’s Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin, has visited Airbus in Stevenage and pushed the button to start production of the first panel skin for the UK MOD’s next generation military communications satellite Skynet 6A. The Defence Minister started the high precision cutting machine to profile the first aluminium panels ...
James Heappey has been announced as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Defence Procurement) as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson undertakes a minor reshuffle. Mr Heappey replaces Anne-Marie Trevelyan, who has taken up the role of Minister for the Armed Forces. Before entering politics, the new Minister served in ...
A £70 million hangar large enough to contain three of the RAF’s new Atlas transport aircraft at the same time was officially opened by Defence Minister, Guto Bebb, at RAF Brize Norton. The Atlas maintenance, repair and overhaul facility, which covers 24,000 metres squared and is 28 metres high, is now ...
Guto Bebb has made his first visit to Scotland as the new Minister for Defence Procurement. The Minister met with the Secretary of State for Scotland, David Mundell, and the heads of the Royal Navy, Army and RAF in Scotland in Glasgow. Scotland is home to more than 10,000 regular and 4,000 ...