29th December 2020 - 12:00 GMT | by The ClarenceRSS
The major multi-year funding injection announced by the UK government in November 2020 appears attractive but in fact it lays bare a dilemma at the heart of the MoD.
The UK MoD enters 2021 having won a significant victory in its battles with the Treasury. Prime Minister Boris Johnson firmly aligned himself with Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace in November, by agreeing a multi-year funding settlement worth £16.5 billion.
This represents a marked change in fortunes .
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Military End User list comprises 103 companies that pose an ‘unacceptable risk’ of diverting goods to the Chinese, Russian or Venezuelan military.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the US Department of Commerce announced on 21 December that it has added a new Military End User (MEU) list to the Export Administration Regulations.
A total of 58 Chinese and 45 Russian companies, such as Chinese aviation conglomerate AVIC and its subsidiaries as well as Russian defence giant Rostec, were deemed to represent an unacceptable risk of use in or diversion to military recipients in China, Russia, or Venezuela.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said: ‘The Department recognizes the importance of leveraging its partnerships with US and global companies to combat efforts by China and Russia to divert US technology for their destabilising military programmes, including by highlighting red flag indicators such as those related to Communist Chinese military companies identified by t
Britain’s Capita nabs $1.3 billion deal for Royal Navy personnel training December 21, 2020 Marine commandos are pictured on the assault course at the Royal Marines Commando Training Centre in Lympstone, U.K., in 2018. The British government awarded a new contract in December 2020 to outsource training support for the Royal Navy and the marines. (Chris Jackson/Getty Images) LONDON An industry consortium led by Capita is taking over Royal Navy personnel training in a deal awarded earlier this month by the Ministry of Defence. The British company announced via Linked-In that a consortium it is leading alongside Raytheon UK, Elbit Systems UK and Fujitsu has secured a wide-ranging navy training deal in a 12 year agreement worth up to £2 billion, or $2.7 billion.
By Craig Hoyle2020-12-17T21:14:00+00:00
With just two weeks of 2020 remaining, Lockheed Martin expects to end December having delivered a total of 121 F-35 stealth fighters this year – about 20 short of its original goal.
As the coronavirus pandemic began to impact the company’s operations and those of its suppliers earlier this year, Lockheed revised its 141-unit target, saying that it expected to hand over between 18 and 24 fewer examples.
Source: Lockheed Martin
Recent shipments included latest three F-35Bs for the UK
“Our current target is 121 aircraft for the end of the year,” says vice-president F-35 business development Steve Callaghan.