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News story: Defence Minister announces helicopter work will stay in the UK
Options had been considered to relocate the fabrication work for future AW159 helicopters orders – the export version of the Wildcat helicopters already in service with the British Army and Royal Navy – overseas.
After careful joint analysis with the Ministry of Defence, Leonardo Helicopters in Yeovil has confirmed that...Read More »
RAF Typhoon scramble in response to Russian aircraft over the Black Sea
RAF Typhoon scramble in response to Russian aircraft
over the Black Sea
A Royal Air Force Typhoon based in
Romania has been launched as a response to Russian aircraft operating near NATO
airspace over the Black Sea.
Operating from the Romanian Mihail
Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta on the Black Sea...Read More »
News story: Chief of the Defence Staff strengthens bonds with India
Under the umbrella of the 2015 Defence and International Security Partnership (DISP), Sir Stuart met senior Indian military figures, including the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC), currently Admiral Sunil Lanba; the Chief of the Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat; and the General Officer Commanding in Chief...Read More »
News story: Defence Secretary visits the nation’s future Flagship
The Defence Secretary landed by Merlin helicopter on the deck of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is currently on sea trials off the coast of Scotland. He met with members of the crew and thanked them for their contribution to UK defence.
While addressing the Ship’s Company,...Read More »
News story: World Class Innovators at the MOD
Announced by the Defence Secretary in Oxford in February, the Panel will be charged with driving forward the MOD’s Innovation Initiative, which aims to encourage imagination, ingenuity and entrepreneurship, in pursuit of maintaining a military advantage in the future. Today’s session introduced the panel to key aspects of the...Read More »