2+ day, 20+ hour 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…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (594+ words) MPs have been told that Armed Forces personnel and their families deserve better housing but it will take time to fix issues following decades of neglect. Figures show nine out of 10 homes in the estate need improvement and repair, with…...

3+ day, 2+ 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, 19+ 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, 19+ 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…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1656+ words) Bryan Roth is almost 89. On his 20th birthday, he dropped a nuclear bomb the size of Hiroshima on a place in South Australia called Maralinga. Bryan was one of 22,000 servicemen who took part in Britain's nuclear test programme. The government is…...

4+ day, 19+ 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…...

4+ day, 22+ 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…...

4+ day, 22+ 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, 49+ min 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…...