The Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, has traveled to Estonia and Norway for talks around the regional security threat posed by Russia and climate change in the run up to the COP26 climate conference. The visit to a cluster of like-minded Nordic and Baltic states, comes as the government prepares for the ...
Yet more big names have been confirmed to appear at Defence Procurement, Research, Technology & Exportability (DPRTE) 2020 taking place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on June 23rd. Airbus and Lockheed Martin will take their place at the DPRTE Supply Chain Engagement Zone alongside QinetiQ and BAE Systems. The Ministry of Defence manage over £20 billion of third-party procurement spend every year. ...
Saab has secured a contract worth an estimated 100 MSEK for deliveries of Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons and ammunition to the Estonian Armed Forces. The order was placed within a joint-framework agreement signed with Estonia, together with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Latvia. The framework agreement allows the Estonian customer ...
The Prime Minister and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace have confirmed that Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nicolas Patrick Carter will be extended in his post until the end of November 2021. The Prime Minister has asked General Carter to remain in post to ensure continuity and stability while the conclusions ...