Just as we thought the Defence Investment Plan, or DIP, was over and done with, it appears that it had morphed into a new ...

Availability issues with its Astute-class nuclear powered attack boats have forced the Royal Navy to tun to allies to help it keep training its future submarine commanding officers. Senior naval ...

A round of investment offers is to be made by the Ministry of Defence before Christmas in a bid to attract City of London money to fund infrastructure projects, including submarine dismantling, ...

Delays to the refurbishment of substandard armed forces families’ housings led to ‘friendly fire’ between House of Commons Defence Committee Chair Tan Dhesi and Veterans and People Minister Calvin ...

Six ‘always-on’ munitions factories are to be built by the end of the decade, according to Defence Readiness and Industry Minister and Plymouth Sutton and Devonport MP, Luke Pollard. Speaking to a ...

Treasury competition rules that prevented defence ministers giving preference to British made productions have been dumped by Prime Minister Andy Burham and Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey.

A contingent of British troops has moved from Iraq to Jordan to continue supporting operations against Islamic State fighters in Syria. The British ground element of Operation Shader, as the UK’s ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham was quick to offer military support to Saudi Arabia early last week, announcing that a Royal Air Force Airbus A330 Voyager tanker aircraft would provide air-to-air ...

Defence ministers are preparing for another round of lobbying to secure a budget increase from the Treasury in next year’s comprehensive spending review (CSR). After the bruising battles over the ...

Sad News from Saint Andrews Tim Ripley - 26 February 2026 Defence Eye was disappointed to hear that our long-time colleague and friend, Lady Alex Walmsley, was not successful in her bid to become ...