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MOD SIGNS CONTRACT FOR NEW ARMOURED VEHICLE

ADDED: 5th July, 2010

The MOD has signed a £500m contract with General Dynamics UK for the demonstration phase of se...

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UK DELAYS INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

ADDED: 5th July, 2010

The government has postponed publication of a new defence industrial strategy until next year rather...

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SIR JOCK STIRRUP'S EXIT POINTS TO 'DEFENCE CHANGES'

ADDED: 14th June, 2010

Defence Secretary Liam Fox said chief of the defence staff Sir Jock Stirrup and Ministry of Defence ...

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BUDGET PRESSURES PUSH UK/FRENCH COOPERATION

ADDED: 10th June, 2010

Strategic airlift is one area in which France is looking to cooperate closely with Britain to plug a...

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UK JOINS HUNT FOR A BETTER BULLET

ADDED: 10th June, 2010

Britain has joined a search for a better-performing 5.56mm bullet, contracting with supplier BAE Sys...

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CONFIRMATION OF DEFENCE MINISTER POSITIONS

ADDED: 1st June, 2010

The full line-up of titles and responsibilities of each defence minister has now been finalised. Th...

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NEW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT ANNOUNCED

ADDED: 26th May, 2010

Peter Luff, Conservative MP for Mid-Worcestershire and the city’s former MP, is the new minist...

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NEW DEFENCE SECRETARY ISSUES MESSAGE TO STAFF

ADDED: 13th May, 2010

The new Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, has issued the following message to all Defence...

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PROVISIONAL GO-AHEAD FOR CHINOOK PURCHASE

ADDED: 5th May, 2010

Britain is on course to buy 12 Boeing Chinook F-model helicopters and fit them out with homegrown co...

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UK WARTHOG ARMOURED TRUCK DELAYED

ADDED: 5th May, 2010

Introduction of a new Singaporean-built armored vehicle destined for the British Army in Afghanistan...

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ROYAL NAVY GETS GREEN LIGHT ON FRIGATES, SUBS

ADDED: 6th April, 2010

Britain's Royal Navy has the government's green light to get a new generation of frigates and two mo...

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F35 DELIVERIES ON TRACK

ADDED: 29th March, 2010

Delivery delays for the Block 3 version of the F-35 Lightning II strike fighter to the U.S. Air Forc...

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YORKSHIRE MUSEUM TO DISPLAY ICONIC AIRCRAFT

ADDED: 29th March, 2010

The Royal Air Force has announced that the Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Me...

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GENERAL DYNAMICS WINS TANK-MAKING DEAL

ADDED: 22nd March, 2010

General Dynamics has won a contract to build a new light tank for the British Army, writes BBC News ...

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CAN BRITAIN AFFORD NOT TO BUILD £5BN ROYAL NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS?

ADDED: 1st March, 2010

Two aircraft carriers weighing in at 65,000 tonnes each may not be the obvious stuff of romance, but...

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AGREEMENT REACHED ON A400M COSTS

ADDED: 24th February, 2010

European governments have reached an agreement on sharing the costs of the over-budget A400M militar...

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NAVY'S NEW MINE HUNTER ENTERS SERVICE

ADDED: 24th February, 2010

To tackle the abundant and significant threat of sea mines, the Royal Navy's new unmanned, underwate...

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REVOLUTIONARY CTAI WEAPON SYSTEM TO START QUALIFICATION

ADDED: 24th February, 2010

A revolutionary new weapon system for the British and French armies has been given a major boost wit...

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MOU BETWEEN UK AND FRANCE ON URGENT OPERATIONAL REQUESTS

ADDED: 23rd February, 2010

The Minister for Defence Equipment and Support, Quentin Davies, has signed a Memorandum of Understan...

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ARMY VEHICLES SHOULD BE BUILT HERE - DANNATT

ADDED: 15th February, 2010

The former head of the British army has told how Government delays in awarding defence contracts to ...

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AUSTRALIA TO ORDER FIRST BATCH OF JOINT STRIKE FIGHTERS

ADDED: 11th February, 2010

Australia is to buy an initial batch of 14 conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) F-35A Lightning ...

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AIRBUS AND BOEING OPPOSING BOMBARDIER

ADDED: 27th January, 2010

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Airbus and Boeing, which still have the ongoing determina...

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PARTNER MEETING COULD HELP DETERMINE A400M'S FATE

ADDED: 18th January, 2010

The seven partner countries involved in the Airbus A400M project were to meet Jan. 14 in London amid...

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RAF SELECTS RIVET JOINT TO REPLACE NIMROD R.1S

ADDED: 18th January, 2010

The Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint electronic intelligence-gathering aircraft has been selected by the&nb...

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U.K. BUDGET CUTS MAY TARGET ROYAL NAVY AMPHIBIOUS VESSELS

ADDED: 18th January, 2010

The future of Britain's amphibious warfare capabilities will come under the microscope this year, al...

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EX-MABEY CHIEF TO FACE GRAFT CHARGES

ADDED: 14th January, 2010

By Michael Peel, Financial Times The former chief of a construction company that works in dozens of...

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON BUSINESS ETHICAL CONDUCT (IFBEC) - CONFERENCE REVIEW

ADDED: 14th January, 2010

The first International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct for the Aerospace and Defence Industry (IF...

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AIRBUS CHIEF SAYS HE 'MAY CANCEL A400M' MILITARY PLANE

ADDED: 12th January, 2010

The chief executive of Airbus has warned that he is prepared to cancel production of the company's A...

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EU DEFENCE & SECURITY PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE 2009/81/EC

ADDED: 11th January, 2010

MOD Public Consultation on the Approach to Implementation On 11 December 2009, the Ministry of Defe...

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MARSHALL AEROSPACE ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION OF SLINGSBY ADVANCED COMPOSITES LTD

ADDED: 8th January, 2010

Marshall Aerospace is delighted to announce the acquisition of Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd as o...

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UK ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF 3RD F-35B JSF PURCHASE

ADDED: 24th December, 2009

The Joint Combat Aircraft (JCA) program has announced that the United Kingdom has received financial...

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Latest on the FRES SV Programme

ADDED: 30th November, 2009

At the beginning of November, BAE Systems and General Dynamics submitted their bids to secure defenc...

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MARSHALL REALIGNS BUSINESS GROUPS TO STRENGTHEN MLS

ADDED: 27th November, 2009

In a strategic realignment of its business units Marshall of Cambridge Group has moved the business ...

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TORIES PROMISE HOMELAND MILITARY COMMAND TO COMBAT TERROR THREAT

ADDED: 20th October, 2009

A new Homeland Military Command would be created by a Tory government to fight the serious threat th...

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BAE SYSTEMS GETS CONTRACT FOR SAUDI ARABIAN EUROFIGHTERS

ADDED: 15th October, 2009

The Royal Saudi Air Force has commenced flying operations following the delivery of the first 4 of 7...

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GENERAL SIR DAVID RICHARDS' SPEECH AT THE 2009 ANNUAL DEFENCE LECTURE

ADDED: 21st September, 2009

General Sir David Richards, Chief of the General Staff, spoke at the 2009 Annual Defence Lecture at ...

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Historic shipyard sold to council

ADDED: 17th September, 2009

The former Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside has been sold in an undisclosed deal. North Tyneside Co...

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New trade association formed from APPSS, DMA & SBAC

ADDED: 8th September, 2009

A|D|S, the UK's AeroSpace, Defence and Security trade body has been unveiled as the new id...

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FT: SBAC's Ian Godden - The defence industry is good for the country

ADDED: 21st July, 2009

SBAC's Chief Executive, Ian Godden, writes for the Financial Times on the benefits that the defence ...

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MOD RESPONSE TO CARRIER SPECULATION

ADDED: 30th June, 2009

Speculation has been growing in the national press that the publicly funded carrier building project...

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NEW DEFENCE SECRETARY ANNOUNCED

ADDED: 5th June, 2009

Bob Ainsworth has been announced as the New Defence Secretary following John Hutton's resignation ea...

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