3+ day, 47+ min ago   (458+ words) The Ministry of Defence has confirmed it has begun a programme of sending welcome packs, containing items it says are essential to army life, to new recruits joining the British Army. Since June, 2,900 packs have been sent ahead of recruits…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (300+ words) Many former crew members will likely shed a tear at the sight of ex-HMS Northumberland being ignominiously towed out of Portsmouth Harbour by a tug. But this is the fate that awaits almost every Royal Navy warship in the end,…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (659+ words) Confidence in whistleblowing is inconsistent across defence, a new review has found. Commissioned by defence ministers, the Whistleblowing in Defence Review, gives 13 recommendations across themes including 'culture and trust' and 'support and anonymity'. It investigated the effectiveness of existing policies…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (662+ words) A report by a group of MPs has called for government compensation schemes, including one currently being delivered by the Ministry of Defence, to be instead managed by a new independent body. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) singled out the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (465+ words) The UK has committed £100m to the Nato scheme that now supplies around 90% of the Patriot interceptors reaching Ukraine. The money will fund Patriot missiles and other air defence equipment through the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List, known as Purl, with deliveries…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (268+ words) The second phase of Project Guardian, a Royal Air Force command and control system developed to protect British and Nato airspace, has been cancelled by the Ministry of Defence. It has been written off as a £9,476,000 constructive loss in the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (340+ words) The full dismantling of HMS Swiftsure is still on track to be completed by the end of this year, Defence Readiness & Industry Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed. The decommissioned nuclear submarine is to become the first UK vessel to be…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (597+ words) Two Royal Navy warships have celebrated five years of deployment during their landmark mission to the Indo-Pacific. One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six days have passed since sister patrol ships HMS Spey and HMS Tamar left Portsmouth. The ships, crewed…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (494+ words) The Army is officially not undermanned, according to the Ministry of Defence. Confirmation of its manning status came as statistics revealed that although thousands of personnel had left the service last year, the overall size of the organisation remained largely…...

6+ day, 36+ min ago   (543+ words) A former head of the Army says he is set to meet both the Defence Secretary and Northern Ireland Secretary in the coming weeks to lobby for changes to be made to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill. General Sir Peter…...