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Eurocopter Delivers First Puma Mk2 to UK Mod
The upgrade of UK Ministry of Defence Puma aircraft took a further major step forward yesterday when Eurocopter handed over its first Puma Mk2 aircraft to MOD. This upgrade will significantly enhance the aircraft’s performance, mission capability and safety. The first modified aircraft will fly from Oxford into QinetiQ’s Boscombe Down facility where it will [...]
Senior Staff Cuts to Make MOD Less Top-Heavy
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced today that the new structure, which will be introduced from April 2013, will ensure that the MOD is less top-heavy, and is expected to save the Department around £3.8m a year. Around 26 civilian and military posts at Senior Civil Service level, the equivalent of Commodore, Brigadier, Air Commodore [...]
MoD Unveils Royal Navy’s Future Warships
The latest design of the Royal Navy’s next generation of warships has been unveiled today by the MoD. Images show the basic specification of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS), a significant milestone in the development of this programme, which will sustain thousands of jobs in the shipbuilding industry. The multi-mission warship, which [...]
UK Takes Delivery of First Lightning II Fighter Jet
he first of the UK’s next-generation stealth combat aircraft has today been handed over to the MoD. At a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond formally accepted the first jet which will be known as Lightning II. The aircraft are Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, manufactured [...]
A400M Simulator Contract Awarded By UK MoD
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a multi-million pound contract to supply the first full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Royal Air Force A400M military transport aircraft, recently designated Atlas by the European purchasing nations. The FFS employs state-of-the-art visual and motion technology developed and produced by Thales UK at its facility in Crawley, West [...]
UK MoD Announces £1billion Contract to Power Future Submarines
The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant where they will be built. The nuclear reactor cores will be used to power the seventh and final Astute Class submarine and the first of the Royal Navy’s next generation [...]
MOD Contract for RAF Hercules Fleet Sustains 500 UK Jobs
A new £350m MOD contract to maintain the Royal Air Force’s Hercules aircraft will support 500 UK jobs. This will help support operations in Afghanistan with greater resilience through continuing maintenance of the fleet.Hercules aircraft are a vital part of the RAF’s fleet, carrying troops, supplies and equipment in support of operations around the world. [...]
UK MoD Still Committed to SV Armoured Vehicle Program
The UK MoD has confirmed in its Planning Round 2012 (PR12) announcement today that funding for its future Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) pipeline, which includes the Specialist Vehicle (SV) programme, is part of its core programme of committed funding, thus protecting the core component of Force 2020 for the British Army. General Dynamics UK will [...]
Defence Secretary Balances MOD Budget
The MOD’s budget deficit has been wiped out for the first time in a generation, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced today. Through a series of tough but necessary decisions, combined with radical reforms of the MOD’s financial processes, the £38bn black hole in the Defence Budget that the Government inherited in 2010 has now [...]
