NAO: UK MoD did not have “appropriate authorisation” for key defence costs
The UK’s National Audit Office has examined Ministry of Defence spending into key nuclear defence costs and the Afghan resettlement…
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Richard Thomas
Richard is editor-in-chief for defence and transport at GlobalData. He has worked the UK defence beat since 2014, and previously the defence and diplomatic beats in Muscat, Oman, from 2008-2013.
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Is South Korea going to get a Virginia-class nuclear submarine?
Trump said the US will allow South Korea to build nuclear-powered attack submarines, potentially boosting US shipbuilding South Korea could…
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How is China able to produce so many submarines?
“Belief”, “appetite”, and “ambition”. These are words that leading members of the UK’s subsurface defence ecosystem used to explain how…
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Spanning the Gulf: Global Defence Technology 155
This latest issue of Global Defence Technology once more brings you all the insight and analysis into the technologies, policies,…
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UK’s newest Astute-class submarine takes the plunge
HMS Agamemnon was commissioned into Royal Navy service in September, and is the sixth Astute-class submarine The Astute class are…
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US Navy receives 500th ESSM Block 2 anti-air missile
The ESSM Block 2 features a range of improvements over the Block 1 variant, including a new warhead The anti-air…
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UK’s Astute and Dreadnought submarine programmes step forward
The sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has formally joined the UK Royal Navy. The same day, the first steel was…
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UK military timeline: key equipment out-of-service dates
Defence procurement is a complex balance of budgets, timelines, and requirements, all of which compete to gain primacy in the…
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UK Type 31 frigates: naval gun support MoU inked
Babcock’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BAE Systems Bofors on a naval gun support package for the…
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DSEI 2025: UK government fluffs its lines at landmark event
Industry did its part, turning up with new platforms, technologies, and capabilities in such variety that any military in need…