Royal Navy's £169m Dreadnought contract awarded to Scotland's Thales Glasgow
The optronic combat system mast on the Vanguard-class vessels will be built by Thales Glasgow under a £169m contract.
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Nato Watch: Rishi Sunak and Nato leaders feature in viral parody video
It comes as the leaders meet at the Vilnius summit in Lithuania.
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Football 1 Mercian Regiment put in dominant performance to win Infantry Cup final
A 6-0 thumping of 5 RIFLES saw 1 Mercian win the trophy in Bulford.
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Women Ministry of Defence still has 'work to be done' on its handling of complaints
The House of Commons Defence Committee has written to the MOD voicing continuing 'serious concerns' about its handling of complaints.
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Army Olivia Perks: Lawyer representing the officer cadet's maternal family speaks out
Ahmed Al-Nahhas, representing the maternal family of Olivia Perks, comments in the aftermath of the case.
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Tri-Service Survey shows 45% of public want to see increase in size of Armed Forces
The majority of Britons (58%) maintain a favourable opinion of the nation's military with just 9% expressing a negative view.
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Ukraine 'We're not Amazon', Wallace tells Ukrainian president, urging him to keep UK and other allies on side
The Defence Secretary said some allies who are providing defensive aid to Kyiv 'want to see gratitude'.
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Politics UK and Estonia sign joint agreement to foster closer military co-operation
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Estonian Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur commit to stronger defence ties.
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Ukraine Nato's conditions for Ukraine joining alliance 'absurd', Zelensky says
The Ukrainian president went to the Nato summit seeking promises Ukraine could join the alliance once the war with Russia is over.
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Army Sandhurst suicide could've been prevented with right support, victim's mother says
Olivia Perks took her own life in February 2019 while training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Army Officer takes leading role in Europe's biggest exercise – two weeks after qualifying
Second Lieutenant William Ferguson played a crucial role on Exercise Spring Storm in Estonia.
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Forces Charities BFBS receives Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold award
For 80 years, BFBS has been entertaining, informing, connecting, and championing the British Armed Forces community.
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North Korea North Korea fires intercontinental ballistic missile towards Japan after threatening US
Japanese officials held an emergency press conference about the ballistic missile launch.
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Forces Charities Army veteran becomes first above-knee amputee to swim Lake Geneva
Former Royal Green Jackets infantryman Steve White raised thousands of pounds for the charity Blesma.
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Veterans Ukrainian troops' mental health supported thanks to world-class archaeology project Waterloo Uncovered
The military charity is digging deep to support Ukraine with its life-changing veteran rehabilitation programme.
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Politics Sunak insists he will take responsible approach to Armed Forces pay deal
No final decision has been reached regarding any increase in public sector pay.