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With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding. Speaking at the annual Sea Power Conference in central London, the Defence Secretary will announce that up to six new state-of-the-art warships will ...
Vital warships providing supplies and technical support to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers will made by British-led teams, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced. A competition to build three Fleet Solid Support warships – which will launch in Spring 2021 – will help revitalise British shipbuilding by requiring a significant proportion ...
The MOD has released figures from 2018/19 showing how defence spending contributed to public expenditure in the UK. The defence spending figures put overall 2018/2019 expenditure at £19.2billion. In Scotland, MOD expenditure rose by 4.6 per cent, making Scotland the only region to see a year-on-year increase in total expenditure since ...
The Royal Navy’s new Offshore Patrol vessel has been named the HMS Spey in a ceremony on the Clyde. The River Class Offshore Patrol ship was named HMS Spey at a ceremony on the Clyde by Lady Alison Johnstone. The ship is part of £635million contract with BAE Systems for anti-terrorism ...
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