The Government has today published its Defence Investment Plan (DIP), a landmark statement of how the UK will spend £298 billion on defence over the next four years. Announced by the Prime Minister during a major speech at Malloy Aeronautics, the plan is backed by an additional £15 billion on top of last year’s Spending Review and sets out, in detail, how the vision of the Strategic Defence Review will be delivered – equipping the Armed Forces for the wars of today and tomorrow through new equipment and technology such as drones, autonomy and AI. The plan lifts UK defence…
