Early June saw Defence Secretary John Healey co-chair the first Defence Industrial Joint Council meeting, bringing together defence firms, trade unions and investors to forge a new partnership aimed at improving warfighting readiness, driving innovation and boosting British jobs. Co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey and Dr. ...
The UK will build at least six new munitions and energetics factories and thousands more long-range weapons to strengthen Britain’s Armed Forces and create new jobs across the country. Through the Strategic Defence Review the UK’s defence and deterrence is being bolstered with thousands of long-range weapons and a new £1.5Bn government ...
Record additional funding for forces family housing to tackle state of accommodation, and build on the Defence Consumer Charter to transform living conditions for service families. Thousands of British military personnel and their families will have their lives improved through more than £1.5Bn of additional funding to improve accommodation for the ...
The UK government’s Strategic Defence Review 2025 lays out a bold, future-focused vision for national security in an increasingly volatile global environment. In this article we look at response and reaction from across industry to the plan: Engineering services and nuclear company AtkinsRéalis has welcomed the release of the Strategic Defence ...
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