The Merlin helicopter entered service with the Royal Navy in 1999 and provided a significant contribution to the maritime battlespace, particularly in anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare.

Typhoon is capable of operations including air policing, peace keeping and both air-to-air and air-to-surface combat roles. Typhoon plays a key role in the UKs Quick Reaction Alert Fleet which defends ...

DE&S is made up of nine professions, each supporting its own vital strand of the organisation. Our professions offer development and flexibility to our people – and assurance to our customers that we ...

The five T31s are replacing the five general purpose T23 frigates as they come out of service. They are specifically designed to fulfil a general-purpose role, and will be flexible and adaptable by ...

The Director Strategy, Governance & Communications plays a critical role as part of the MOD strategic capability, operating within and across the National Armaments Director (NAD) Group. The NAD group ...

The F-35B Lightning is ‘multi-role’, meaning that a single aircraft can conduct multiple roles and missions. Operating from land and sea, these include air-to-surface, electronic warfare, intelligence ...

The Chinook is an extremely capable and highly versatile support helicopter that can be operated from land bases or ships into a diverse range of environments – from the arctic to the jungle. The ...

Defence Equipment and Support has awarded a £100-million contract to a Babcock-led partnership with Elbit Systems UK and QinetiQ to deliver cutting-edge electronic warfare (EW) systems to the Royal ...

The United Kingdom and France have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct a joint study into the development of a successor to the Meteor missile, one of the world's most advanced ...

Defence Equipment & Support has awarded a contract to deliver a new modular armour system for the Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank to Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL). Designed by world leading armour ...

Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has placed a new £20 million contract with BAE Systems for the supply of additional small arms munitions over the next two years. The announcement follows the ...

British troops will soon be more lethal on the battlefield as a new £90 million contract delivers modern, high precision rifles. The Alternative Individual Weapon (AIW) system – known as the L403A1 ...