The commitment is part of the 2026 Defence Investment Plan, which sets out how the government will spend £298 billion on defence over the next four years.
The United Kingdom’s Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June, confirms one of the deepest changes in decades to the Royal Navy’s surface fleet concept.
BAE Systems Chief Executive Charles Woodburn said the UK Defence Investment Plan provides needed clarity for industry and strategic direction for the armed forces.
The UK will invest more than £5 billion over the next four years in a drone transformation for the Armed Forces.
The UK will provide £580 million in infrastructure funding over four years for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory.
The UK Submarine Delivery Group is using advanced and additive manufacturing to improve Royal Navy submarine availability.
Team Boxer UK has delivered the 100th Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle to the UK Ministry of Defence.
The UK Ministry of Defence said three British-designed long-range strike systems for Ukraine had been successfully flight tested only months after a competition was launched.
A Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jet conducted take-off and landing manoeuvres from a taxiway at RAF Akrotiri.
AM General and Marshall Land Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Eurosatory to certify Marshall Land Systems as an authorised service provider for AM General’s HUMVEE platform.
The funding is intended to help Ukraine defend its freedom and sovereignty against Russia’s war of aggression.
UK forces have boarded the vessel SMYRTOS in what the Ministry of Defence described as the first UK-led operation of its kind against a Russian shadow fleet vessel.
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