HMS Tamar Conducting Exercises At Sea With Royal Marines
HMS Tamar worked with HMS Echo in order to conduct Royal Marine boarding training as part of her work up prior to deploying. HMS Tamar is the fourth of the five new Offshore Patrol Vessels being built to replace the current River Class vessels. Like her three older...
PM Boris Johnson To Invest £16.5 Billion Into Armed Forces
The UK’s Armed Forces are set to receive a £16.5 billion increase in the defence budget in what would be the biggest investment in the military since the Cold War. The money is likely to be spread over four years and in turn create 10,000 new jobs in the UK. It...
Winners Of International Space Pitch Day Revealed
UK & US mark several international firsts for military innovation. The winners of the inaugural International Space Pitch Day were today announced marking several world firsts. Ten tech start-ups successfully secured same-day contracts worth up to £53,000...
Soldiers Will Be Told They Can Serve Until 65, According To Reports
According to a report in the Daily Mail, soldiers will now be told they can serve in position until they are 65-years old. The article states the MOD is keen to keep “an army of veterans” so as not to lose their expert knowledge. People specialising in...
The Queen, Accompanied By The Duke Of Cambridge, Opens Dstl’s New Counter-Terrorism Facility
The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has been given a rare Royal visit during the Covid-19 pandemic to showcase the science inside defence and security when Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Cambridge visited its site near...
