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News story: UK agrees sale of HMS Ocean to Brazil
Sold to the Brazilian Navy for around £84M, the profit generated from the sale will be reinvested in defence at a time when the Royal Navy is being strengthened with two types of brand new frigates and two huge aircraft carriers.
HMS Queen Elizabeth, which will eventually take on the...Read More »
News story: £260m deal signed to keep RAF giants flying
The Foreign Military Sale agreement will provide support for the RAF’s fleet of eight C-17A Globemaster III aircraft, which provided lifesaving humanitarian relief following Hurricane Irma last summer.
Defence Minister Guto Bebb said:
Our C-17 giants take everything from heavy equipment to vital troops to where they’re needed right across...Read More »
News story: Ministry of Defence expands counter-poaching training into two new parks in Malawi
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson announced today that deployments to Nkhotakota and Majete Wildlife Reserves will begin in May, following a successful pilot scheme in Liwonde National Park alongside the conservation non-profit African Parks, doubling the number of rangers mentored by British soldiers to 120.
A conservation crisis occurring around the...Read More »
News story: Firing of 50,000th simulated round from turret trainer signals savings of £125M
The trainer, based at Tidworth Garrison in Wiltshire, was first introduced in 2005 to train the commander, gunner and loader of an AS90 – a self-propelled 155mm Howitzer gun.
It is designed to allow gun crews to practice their routine firing drills, turret operating procedures and crew duties without the...Read More »
News story: UK steps up commitment to a modernised NATO
Mr Williamson signalled that the UK will meet its commitments, including an uplift of around one hundred personnel in our contribution to NATO’s modernised Command Structure – the precise numbers will be determined through further work between now and the Summit. This will help to ensure that NATO can...Read More »