RAF Leeming based personnel have deployed to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus to guard and protect the Royal Air Force’s main operating base in the Eastern Mediterranean region for the operations against Daesh. The Leeming detachment consists of 57 Gunners from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment.  The deployment marks a return to the island where 34 Sqn […]

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Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the Gulf whilst visiting Iraq, Bahrain and Oman. As part of the five-day visit, the minister also officially opened the UK-Oman joint exercise, Saif Sareea 3, alongside Oman’s Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, His Excellency Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harub Al Busaidi. The official […]

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The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed that all of the Royal Navy’s next-generation Type 26 frigates will be homed in Devonport. The eight Type 26 warships will start being delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s, heralding yet another new era in the role of a base, which has played a central role […]

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The Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has signed a Joint Vision Statement committing the UK to building closer relations with Germany. Mr Williamson, alongside his German counterpart Ursula von der Leyen, signed the Joint Vision Statement, in a move to strengthen the UK-German relationship and increasing defence cooperation across a range of areas, from tackling violent […]

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Defence features writer Robert Atherton speaks with Julie McCarthy, Director of Volunteer Operations at SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity to find out more about the ex-forces experience and the difficulties encountered when transitioning from soldier to civilian.  For the uninitiated, SSAFA is the UK’s oldest tri-service charity. For over 130 years, the organisation has supported service personnel, veterans […]

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While soldiers took to the streets in Canada to take part in the Contested Urban Environment (CUE) exercise last month, top analysts from Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) worked in the background to model how future wars might be fought and won. The exercise in Montreal involved scientists and technical experts, soldiers and industry […]

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The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract worth $9.2 billion for the development of a new advanced pilot training system that will help train fighter and bomber pilots for generations to come. Boeing is the prime contractor for the Advanced Pilot Training Program and partner with Saab in the development of the T-X […]

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A demonstration led by the Royal Air Force has proven the Hawk advanced jet trainer’s ability to operate in soaring temperatures. A pair of Hawk T2 aircraft from the RAF’s IV Squadron undertook a series of planned exercises in temperatures reaching 44 °C to showcase Hawk’s capabilities in testing conditions. The demonstration included low level […]

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Defence Minister, Stuart Andrew, has announced that new contracts expected to be worth over £1 billion have been signed with British firms to support Royal Navy ships for the next decade. The contracts, which will secure over 700 jobs at shipyards across the country, will support the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships and the Royal […]

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Typhoons from RAF Lossiemouth’s II (Army Cooperation) Squadron have arrived at Thumrait Airbase in Oman ahead of exercise SAIF SAREEA (Swift Sword) 3, as part of 140 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW). This is the first air complement to arrive in Thumrait and they will soon be followed by E-3D Sentry aircraft from RAF Waddington’s 8 […]

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Perspecta Labs was awarded a prime contract worth $4.7 million from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the Cyber-Hunting at Scale (CHASE) program. The purpose of the CHASE program is to develop dynamic, real-time tools that can successfully defend large-scale, distributed networks from broad-spectrum cyber threats. The program aims to leverage […]

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BAE Systems has been invited by the US Department of Defense to compete for future research and development task orders awarded under a nine-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. The contract provides fast, flexible, low-cost solutions across technical disciplines to meet the current and future technology needs of the US military. BAE Systems is one of […]

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