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News story: UK personnel depart for NATO Kosovo role
A team of nearly 30 UK troops has left the UK for Southern Europe to join NATO’s Kosovo Force, helping to maintain safety, security and freedom of movement.
The year-long deployment will bolster the mission’s capability, following a request from NATO for further support to KFOR by allies. Its particular...Read More »
News story: Autonomy on the front line: supplying Armed Forces on the battlefield
As part of the MOD’s Innovation Initiative, £3 million has been invested through the Defence and Security Accelerator in the next stage of the Innovation Autonomy Challenge. Focusing on the challenging “last mile” of support, this Challenge aims to find innovative new ways of resupplying troops on the...Read More »
News story: Joint statement: India-UK Defence Partnership
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Minister of Defence Shri Arun Jaitley and Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP set out a shared vision for the India-UK Defence Partnership.
At the invitation of Minister of Defence Shri Arun Jaitley, the Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon Sir Michael...Read More »
News story: Defence Secretary agrees closer cooperation with India
Sir Michael attended today the first meeting as part of the 2015 Defence and International Security Partnership (DISP), with his Indian counterpart Arun Jaitley.
The pair discussed UK-Indian defence industries, upcoming exercises and global security among other topics. The Defence counterparts jointly set out their ambitions to design, make, exercise,...Read More »
News story: World War 1 Royal Dublin Fusilier's resting place finally marked after almost 100 years
At a moving service yesterday at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France, a new headstone was dedicated to Lieutenant William Frederick MacHutchison, originally from Belfast. The service was arranged by the MOD’s Joint Casualty & Compassionate Centre (JCCC) and led by the Reverend...Read More »