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“£900 million on an efficiency drive to save more money in the long run, including investment in AI to boost productivity”
“majorities in all six predominantly Muslim nations surveyed think the US could pose a military threat to their country some day.”
“It’s clear to almost anybody that’s watching that the momentum has shifted in favour of Ukraine. “The momentum has shifted because the Russian ground operations have been stopped and the Russian Navy is barely a factor anymore.”
“Under the previous Conservative government in 2022, former prime minister Boris Johnson attempted to introduce similar “pushback” orders for the Navy”
“Frontline Robotics, which makes drones and weaponry used by more than 60 Ukrainian units, has to make small changes to its products up to 20 times a month and make major updates around every six months to keep its edge.”
“Britain would spend almost £300 billion (€348 billion) over the next four years to modernise its armed forces amid rising threats.”
“This drone, made by Fire Point, a Ukrainian defense technology company, can travel between 800 and 1,200 miles.”
“nine months after it was due to be completed”
“limit the conflict to the four regions of Ukraine”
“Security measures will be more extensive than for any Fourth of July event in D.C. since shortly after the 9/11 attacks, Carroll said”
“£100 million to ramp up the deployment of AI capabilities for the UK armed forces – and £115 million to protect against AI threats”
“Ukraine’s long-range missile strikes are wrecking Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure and if they can continue this over the coming weeks, then it will be long term damage. “If they can sustain this, going towards the end of the year, it w…”
“In January 2022, former prime minister Boris Johnson and his home secretary, Priti Patel, announced they were handing operational control of the Channel over to the military under a plan dubbed Operation Isotrope”
“A big part of the assembly lines relies on manual assembly because manual assembly is the most flexible one.”
“Today we uplift defence spending further. An additional £15 billion worth of funding by...reprioritising spending across government.”
“nearly £13.5billion under what officials had been asking for”
“including a massive drone strike on Moscow on 18 June, which included more than 200 drones”
“We will invest £298 billion over the next four years. That includes an additional £15 billion, of which most is extra day-to-day spending for training and improving availability of ships and aircraft to increase our war-fighting readiness.”
“We are already delivering the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s, £270billion over the spending review period. And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan we are increasing this by an extra £…”
“The plan was quietly dropped four months later after a backlash from the Navy, refugee charities and a threatened High Court challenge”
“what seems to be cutting-edge technology will be completely outdated after one, maximum two, months.”
“The plan includes more than £5 billion (€5.8 billion) for drones and autonomous systems over the next four years, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said earlier in a press release.”
“Nearly 10 months behind schedule”
“he also said he had rejected a proposal from Kyiv to suspend their respective long-range air strikes”
“The Treasury revealed this afternoon the DfT is mulling the cancellation of the A38 Derby Junctions and A46 Newark Bypass schemes to go towards cuts of £700 million to its roads funding.”
“Because it was supposed to be published last Autumn, then the Ministry of Defence found a massive £28billion black hole, and now, of course, there's been a massive row over recent weeks.”
“The party argues that the plan, to be put in place within three months of taking office, is a legitimate use of the military because it is part of bolstering the UK’s defence and national security.”
“NATO is moving to learn as much as it can from the speed of Ukraine's weapons development, including through Western companies working with Ukrainian counterparts.”
“The plan is a road map for how the UK will increase military spending to NATO’s target of 3.5% of GDP by 2035.”
“Nearly 10 months behind schedule, the Defence investment plan (Dip) held back amid wrangling within the Government over the amount of cash needed to fund the military.”
“Meanwhile, DESNZ is set to find an additional £2 billion, which is understood to centre on efficiency savings and routine delays to some schemes if necessary.”
“We’ve pledged to get to five per cent by 2035, and we haven't even laid out how we're going to get to three per cent. But other countries in Europe are already surging ahead, Germany will be at 3.7 per cent, Sweden be at 3.5 per cent.”
“Nato has assessed it must be ready for conflict as early as 2030.”
“Capability development needs to take place, as it does in Ukraine, "in weeks and months, not just years and decades."”
“The UK has watched how drones have transformed war in Ukraine, which uses 200,000 of them a month to defend against Russian forces.”
“"It is barely more money than John Healey and Al Carns resigned over when they said Britain would be "less safe"," he told the Daily Express.”
“he said £80,000,000,000 a year will be spent on defence by 2029.”
“the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, which was in Glasgow last June”
“the Navy will have six expensive headquarters”
“Frontline is now working with German unmanned aerial systems company Quantum Systems to manufacture Frontline's Ukrainian-designed drones in Germany for Ukraine, combining Frontline's battlefield experience with Quantum's production expert…”
“He repeated his call for the next Prime Minister, who is widely expected to be Andy Burnham, to "cut welfare and give our armed forces the funding they need to keep Britain safe."”
“I have secured more money and made different choices for defence. 'We will invest £298 billion over the next four years. That includes an additional £15 billion, of which most is extra day-to-day spending for training and improving availab…”
“And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan we are increasing this by an extra £15billion, setting a new record of spending almost £300billion over the next four years to back our Armed Forces and to strengthen our nati…”
“The Army will spend £500m on upgrading its drone fleet and operations as part of a defence package of up to £15bn over three years, due to be announced on Tuesday, which is heavy on the drones and Artificial Intelligence that are driving m…”
“Combat drone pilots in Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade set up the Killhouse Academy two years ago as Ukraine looked for ways to offset Russia's larger military.”
“Mr Jarvis, the new Defence Secretary, has spent his two weeks in the job “refocusing” the Dip, Downing Street said...”
“More than £5 billion on a drone 'transformation', including £650 million on expendable drones and other uncrewed vehicles heavily inspired by warfare innovations in Ukraine”
“Before we came into office, so two years ago, this country spent £54billion a year on defence.”
“Funding of around £500m has also been announced for new commando forces, to be spent on all kinds of surface and underwater drones.”
“Every month, roughly 250 students participate in the basic FPV course.”
“Speaking ahead of the plans' launch, Sir Keir said it was a "game-changing investment" that would ensure the military had the resources it needed to "deter evolving threats and keep the British people safe."”
“More than £8 billion for a programme to develop and build a next-generation stealth fighter jet for the RAF, working with Japan and Italy”
“We are taking this to almost £80billion a year by 2029.”
“Those in the daytime session train for six hours a day, six days a week.”
“Mr Jarvis, the new Defence Secretary, has spent his two weeks in the job “refocusing” the Dip, Downing Street said, so that it will get the”
“£26 billion — including some of the nuclear deterrent cash — for a major project to upgrade several of the UK’s naval bases”
“When I went to the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, which was in Glasgow last June, little did I think that it would be over a year since the publication of this Defence Investment Plan, the blueprint of where the money is going to …”
“There's another held in the evening for people who have work or school — it's only three hours a night but goes for 10 days.”
“Speaking ahead of the plans' launch, Sir Keir said it was a 'game-changing investment' that would ensure the military had the resources it needed to 'deter evolving threats and keep the British people safe.'”
“£790 million to protect the UK and its overseas bases from 'air, drone and missile threats', with new radar and sensor systems and investment in Directed Energy Weapons”
“We've pledged to get to five per cent by 2035, and we haven't even laid out how we're going to get to three per cent.”
“Only 80% of students graduate, receiving a certificate showing they are qualified drone pilots.”
“other countries in Europe are already surging ahead, Germany will be at 3.7 per cent, Sweden be at 3.5 per cent.”
“Some students are as young as 15 — they have to get their parents' permission — while others are older than 60.”
“Analysing the Government's promised £5billion for drones and advanced technologies...”
“And I can announce today that under the Defence Investment Plan, we are increasing this by a further £15billion, setting a new record of spending almost £300billion over the next four years to back our armed forces and strengthen our natio…”
“We are already delivering the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s. £270billion over the spending review period.”
“But then after the invasion of Ukraine, our thinking changed, and that was why Rishi Sunak and I decided that we needed to increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP.”
“The plan, which sets out a £14.5billion increase in spending, still falls short of the £28billion that former Defence Secretary John Healey and ex-Armed Forces Minister Al Carns declared was necessary, triggering their resignations earlier…”
“Sir Keir Starmer is set to reveal the details of the plan today, which includes a £5billion fund for drones and automation.”
“So this is a step in the right direction, but it's not the quantum of increase that our nation demands and our allies are calling for. [...] £5billion is not the £28billion that the service chiefs have been asking for, and that's the figur…”
“one of the sadnesses really, having wasted a year coming up with a Strategic Defence Review, we've now had to wait another year for the Defence Investment Plan”
“We've got to properly look after the security of this country, properly look after the security of Europe, and that requires more like the figure that the professionals were calling for, which is about £28billion to get us up to this three…”
“the three per cent of GDP that Keir Starmer was talking about in February at the Munich Security Conference.”
“We haven't got the full details of it, but £5billion is not the £28billion that the service chiefs have been asking for, and that's the figure which would get us somewhere near the three per cent of GDP that Keir Starmer was talking about …”
“one of the sadnesses really, having wasted a year coming up with a Strategic Defence Review, we've now had to wait another year for the Defence Investment Plan, which itself is woefully inadequate to finance the defence review that they si…”
“these problems have got to be grasped, they can't be brushed under the carpet, as has been going on for far too long at the top end of Government. [...] we've got to properly look after the security of this country, properly look after the…”
“three per cent of GDP that Keir Starmer was talking about in February at the Munich Security Conference.”
“Since the Government announced its neighbourhood policing guarantee in April last year, each of the 43 police forces in England and Wales has appointed a dedicated anti-social behaviour lead.”
“Despite a negotiated £14.5billion increase”
“the £28billion that military chiefs argued was necessary for full 'war fighting readiness'”
“£400million destined for Mauritius and the Chagos deal on the Royal Navy”
“Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will reveal the details of the plan today, including a pledge of £5billion to focus on drones and automation.”
“Despite a negotiated £14.5billion increase, the plan falls short of the £28billion that military chiefs argued was necessary for full "war fighting readiness".”
“The capabilities you're hearing about, these drones and so on sounds impressive, but they're not going to come into service until the 2030s, and yet the threat we face is today.”
“He explained: "Our view is if Chagos isn't going to happen, let's spend that money on the Royal Navy and use it to accelerate the manufacture and production of the 13 frigates which are being built in Scotland, the Type 26 and the Type 20,…”
“let's spend that money on the Royal Navy and use it to accelerate the manufacture and production of the 13 frigates which are being built in Scotland, the Type 26 and the Type 20, 30, and 31 frigates.”
“This big gap, while we've been waiting for the Defence Investment Plan, has caused procurement paralysis. Nothing's been happening and nothing's going to be happening for years now, and that's extraordinary.”
“Before the Dip is even published, we are already investing record amounts in defence of our nation £270billion over the course of this Parliament, which is the highest sustained increase in spending since the Cold War.”
“£5billion over the next four years to make sure we've got that capacity so that we can meet the modern threats that we face as a country and keep our nation safe.”
“The Armed Forces will only receive half of the £28billion needed to keep Britain safe under the Defence Investment Plan (DIP).”
“with a £5billion-valued focus on drones and automation.”
“In one of his final acts as Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer will finally reveal the plan on Tuesday.”
“Before the Dip is even published, we are already investing record amounts in defence of our nation £270billion over the course of this Parliament, which is the highest sustained increase in spending since the Cold War,”
“For instance, £5billion over the next four years to make sure we've got that capacity so that we can meet the modern threats that we face as a country and keep our nation safe.”
“In one of his final acts as Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer will finally reveal the plan on Tuesday and pledge billions of pounds for military equipment, with a £5billion-valued focus on drones and automation.”
“Armed Forces will only receive half of the £28billion needed to keep Britain safe under the Defence Investment Plan (DIP).”
“Sir Keir Starmer will finally reveal the plan on Tuesday and pledge billions of pounds for military equipment, with a £5billion-valued focus on drones and automation.”
“John Healey had secured a £13.5billion settlement in his version of the plan, which he warned came to an increase of just 0.08 per cent of GDP by 2030.”
“His replacement, Dan Jarvis, is said to have secured some extra funding, up to £14.5billion - still well short of what Mr Healey and officials have asked for.”
