Three contracts awarded to produce new Directed Energy Weapons advanced demonstrators for British Army vehicles and Royal Navy frigate

A new National Shipbuilding Office has been created to galvanise and promote the UK’s shipbuilding enterprise, Ben Wallace the Government’s Shipbuilding Tsar has today announced.

UK Armed Forces have deployed to Kosovo to support the processing and relocation of NATO Afghan employees.

The future of the Royal Navy and how it could further embrace autonomous technology, including drones, will be unveiled at DSEI this year.

The UK's Chinook helicopters will be enhanced with state-of-the-art defensive systems, while the RAF's C-17 Globemaster fleet will receive a software and hardware upgrade.