Nearly three-quarters of defence tech companies polled said they had experienced a contract suspension or cancellation in the last six months, while 87% have experienced funding delays or reductions.

Courtesy of a £8.6 billion investment in the forthcoming Defence Investment Plan, the UK is also "renewing" a commitment to build sixth generation fighter jets, under the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP),

The General was one of the experts who helped draw up the Strategic Defence Review

Defence insiders said the Russian drone attack on Romania needed to focus minds in Whitehall about the need to get the Defence Investment Plan published

Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns have resigned from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's government. In a letter to the prime minister, Healey said the UK's defence investment plan "falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time".

B ritish officials, eager to rebuild bridges with Europe, see defence as a ticket to a closer relationship with the bloc in other spheres. After the resignation last week of John

Andy Burnham appears all but certain to become prime minister. His apparent commitment to increase defence spending will undoubtedly have been noted by many in the defence community.

Burnham will likely want to continue many aspects of Keir Starmer’s approach to defense and security policy, but with some key differences.

The much-anticipated 140 pages of the Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 contain an attempt to chart the direction for the UK's defence development and deployment for at least the next decade. While straddling the worlds of military capability and ...