UK Defence Journal

RAD5545 software defined radios are on their way to Lockheed Martin to support future space missions.

HMS Lancaster entered a period of "extended readiness" in Portsmouth in 2017.

Typhoon fighter aircraft have been scrambled to monitor Russian aircraft north of Scotland.

The First Sea Lord advises that 82% of the Surface flotilla is now available, reflecting an arrest of declining numbers, it is also understood that availability is projected to keep increasing over the next 6-12 months. 

In November 2019, the £1.5bn competition to build up to three Fleet Solid Support Ships was suspended, an update is due before the end of this year.

This marks the most successful recruiting year in 5 years and significantly exceeds the 80% target given by the Public Accounts Committee in January 2019, say the Ministry of Defence.