UK Defence Journal 'Weekly Brief'

Posted: 5th August 2024

Welcome to the UK Defence Journal ‘Weekly Brief’. Below you will find some of the most popular articles on our website over the last week.

British aircraft carrier to arrive in Scotland to load bombs

HMS Prince of Wales will shortly arrive in Scotland to ‘bomb up’, loading ammunition and supplies so the vessel is able to deploy operationally.

UK tells citiens in Lebanon to ‘leave now’ as British warships and transport helicopters stand ready.

McNeil of Beeston Road, Leeds, provided a service, in the form of an online website, that facilitated others to obtain terrorist publications.

The MoD estimates the contract value to be between £2 million and £5 million.

A Tory Baroness has argued for the Government to provide the Royal Navy with more frigates as hull numbers could drop down to seven as vessels leave service.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has formally lodged a disagreement with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) over changes to the Position Mapping Procedure.

Marshall has been awarded a contract to produce composite torpedo launcher tubes for SEA, part of Cohort PLC, to support two major international naval vessel programmes.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed its commitment to continue developing the Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm Wheeled Artillery Systems (RCH 155) in partnership with Germany.

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