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Dec- 2017 -10 DecemberBusiness
Qatar signs £6 billion deal with UK for 24 Typhoon fighter jets, missiles and bombs
Qatar signed a contract with the UK to purchase 24 Eurofighter Typhoon multirole fighter jets, Brimstone and Meteor missiles and Paveway IV bombs
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Nov- 2017 -29 NovemberMiddle East
UK PM May pledges more counter-terror support during visit to Iraq
UK to spend £10 million over three years in Iraq to counter ISIS foreign fighter threat, develop border infrastructure, watch-lists and biometric data
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14 NovemberTechnology
Autonomous tactical resupply: US-UK joint trials of driverless truck convoy, quadcopter drops
The UK and US armies conducted joint trials in Michigan of a driverless resupply truck convoy, quadcopter last-mile supply drops and a 4x4 remotely piloted by an Xbox controller
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3 NovemberBusiness
US Navy to procure 196 Tomahawk cruise missiles from Raytheon for $260 million
Raytheon has been awarded a $260 million contract for the procurement of 196 Tomahawk cruise missiles and spares for the US Navy
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3 NovemberTechnology
Eurofighter Typhoon successfully completes Brimstone missile live firing trials
A series of live firings of the Brimstone precision air-to-surface strike missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon were completed successfully, BAE Systems said
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Oct- 2017 -25 OctoberPeace
UK hosts Exercise Letterpress international nuclear disarmament verification test
The UK Ministry of Defence hosted an international nuclear disarmament verification exercise between nuclear and non-nuclear weapons states
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23 OctoberMiddle East
UK deploys more medics to Iraq’s Al Asad airbase, troops to move forward from base
The UK defence ministry said additional medical personnel will be deployed to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq and forces deployed there will train further forward
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5 OctoberBusiness
Pratt & Whitney awarded $2.7 billion C-17 engine sustainment contract
Pratt & Whitney was awarded a $2.7 billion contract for engine sustainment support for the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft
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4 OctoberEurope
Two arrested after mustard gas canisters found in eastern England
Two people have been arrested after WW2-era mustard gas canisters were discovered in woods near what was previously an RAF base in eastern England
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