All news on the topic: Ministry of Defence

The Ministry of Defence “cannot be trusted” to investigate serious sexual offences within the Armed Forces and is continuing to fail servicewomen, an expert has warned after a leaked review found its specialist crime unit could be judged “inadequate” if held to civilian policing standards.

A company at the centre of a Chinese camera scandal is based three miles from the home of the Royal Navy’s hybrid fleet, The Telegraph can disclose.

Britain has used its major air base on Cyprus to move sensitive equipment without scrutiny, declassified files show.

A planning decision on the DARC - Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability - project was expected last week, but the Welsh Government intervened days before the vote, a move that could potentially lead to a conflict with Westminster concerning the UK’s national security.

Medical records of nuclear test veterans were gathered by a secret government laboratory, the Ministry of Defence has admitted.

The very highest levels of the British government secretly exerted pressure on the BBC to censor a film about the army killing an unarmed child in 1972.

A catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed the personal details of tens of thousands of Afghans was a “foreseeable failure” covered up by secrecy for “too long”, a damning investigation has concluded.

The first crewed stealth fighter jet built in the UK for 40 years is nearing completion as the cutting-edge air combat technology seeks to become reality.

Britain and its NATO allies face a direct challenge from Vladimir Putin ’within months’ to test Andy Burnham’s new government and Donald Trump’s focus on Iran, UK intelligence sources have warned.

Two RAF fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Qatar Airways flight bound for Manchester Airport last night - and now Greater Manchester Police has launched an investigation.

Britain ‘stands ready 24/7 to defend itself’, the Government has said, after Iran threatened to strike a Royal Air Force base used by the US.

Babcock Land Defence, acting for the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded BAE Systems a four-year, £4 million contract to supply components for artillery, howitzers and armoured vehicle weapon systems, including the 105mm Light Gun.

Britain’s biggest defence companies have seen a £4bn boost to their value since the surprise appointment of John Healey as chancellor.

A Russian warship carried out a live-fire artillery exercise 46 miles off the coast of Plymouth on Monday.

Spyware company NSO Group’s co-founder Shalev Hulio used an Israeli diplomatic passport to enter Panama in 2013, raising questions over the firm’s claims of independence from the Israeli state.

High levels of Cold War "secrecy" were a factor in the haphazard approach taken towards the medical records of nuclear test veterans, an official report has found.

Tony Blair’s treasury secretary Alistair Darling told the prime minister that buying aircraft carriers was a “political” rather than a military choice and would mean less funding for social services.

A British weapons firm owned by the Israeli government has been brought back to life, after its lobbying activities were exposed by Media last year.

The Health and Safety Executive has authorised the maximum sanction available for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) after two soldiers died and two others were injured in an explosion.

Defence chiefs are investigating after highly sensitive military papers from the British Army’s largest garrison were found dumped at a council tip.