MOD Evaluation Strategy to 2030

A strategy for stronger evidence, better decisions, and better value for money across Defence https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a72fa0f332792bd88ece524/MOD_Evaluation_Strategy_to_2030.pdf

Joint Procurement and Shared Stockpiling Could Create £3.4 Billion in Fiscal Headroom for UK Defence, IPPR Finds

Business and Trade Committee calls on ministers to set strategic direction on European relationship as SAFE programme exclusion and defence industrial alignment leave supply chain in limbo.

New analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research makes the economic case for deeper allied defence cooperation – and warns that without expanding industrial capacity, higher spending risks feeding defence inflation rather than maximising capability. Stockpiling weapons and ammunition with European allies and combining procurement orders could create up to £3.4 billion in fiscal […]

Dstl Analysis Shapes Royal Navy’s Future Mine-Hunting Capability

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has delivered a critical contribution to the Royal Navy's Mine Hunting Capability programme

A rapid two-week mobilisation by Dstl analysts to support a naval table-top exercise has delivered evidence-based insights that are already influencing the Royal Navy’s mine-hunting programme – and reducing procurement risk on a significant capital investment. The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has delivered a critical contribution to the Royal Navy’s Mine Hunting Capability programme, […]

New Military Homes Delivered in Cyprus

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The completion of the first 46 homes at Dhekelia Station marks the opening milestone of a ten-year programme modernising British Forces Cyprus infrastructure across four sites – and points to a sustained overseas defence construction pipeline with implications for the wider estate supply chain. Forty-six new service family accommodation properties have been completed and handed […]