Ministry Of Defence

Coming live to a warzone near you: Army Truck Driver for Xbox!

Shh, ignore senior Brit officers saying armed forces on brink of collapse

Security15 Nov 2017 | 33

Wheels are literally falling off the MoD thanks to lack of cash

Safety regulator gives head office the whole nine yards

Legal02 Nov 2017 | 105

MoD: Sci-tech strategy? Er, here's a bunch of words and diagrams

Brit military top brass assures us it has coherent plan to harness Brit boffinry

Security30 Oct 2017 | 24

MoD: We've got a handle on contract costs. Audit Office: About that...

Complex system leaves big suppliers pushing back hard, Brit watchdog finds

Security25 Oct 2017 | 15

MoD brainbox repo opens up IP treasure chest for world+dog

Easy Access to some small-but-snazzy UK military ideas

Science28 Sep 2017 | 8

Brit military wants a small-drone-killer system for £20m

Too small for lasers, too big for nets

Security25 Sep 2017 | 68

Drones aren't evil and won't trigger the Rise of the Machines: MoD

Doctrine? More like advocacy

Legal14 Sep 2017 | 26

Q: How many drones are we bombing ISIS with? A: That's secret, mmkay

But the MoD will happily tell you how many manned jets we're using to do that exact thing

Security18 Aug 2017 | 62

Slower US F-35A purchases piles $27bn onto total fighter jet bill

Economies of scale, in reverse

Security12 Jul 2017 | 93

'No decision' on Raytheon GPS landing system aboard Brit aircraft carriers

We've already got one tried and tested system, huffs MoD

Security22 Jun 2017 | 56

Fancy buying our aircraft carrier satnav, Raytheon asks UK

System might only be fitted to HMS Prince of Wales – reports

Security19 Jun 2017 | 73

Can you make a warzone delivery drone? UK.gov wants to give you cash

£40k or more for initial contracts up for grabs

Science20 Apr 2017 | 47

UK's 'homebrew firmware' Chinooks set to be usable a mere 16 years late

After burning hundreds of millions into the bargain

Legal29 Mar 2017 | 57

UK.gov confirms it won't be buying V-22 Ospreys for new aircraft carriers

Also confirms earlier operational date for HMS Queen Elizabeth

Security24 Mar 2017 | 119

First the Rise of the Machines, now this: UK military's Exercise Information Warrior

Comment From drones to smart warships. Well, sort of

Legal24 Mar 2017 | 10

National Audit Office: UK's military is buying more than it can afford

Yeah... thanks for that, sniffs Ministry of Defence

Security27 Jan 2017 | 53

Britain collects new naval tanker a mere 18 months late

Why? 'Umm, er, cable insulation standards,' mutters MoD

Legal19 Jan 2017 | 104

British military laser death ray cannon contract still awarded, MoD confirms

Sound familiar? Yes, you read it on El Reg last July

Security05 Jan 2017 | 71

Give BAE a kicking and flog off new UK warships, says review

Buy them, run them in and then sell them, says Sir John Parker

Bootnotes29 Nov 2016 | 50

UK Ministry of Defence splurges £280,000 on online 'good ideas' form

Off-the-shelf service absorbs improbable quantity of our cash

Software11 Nov 2016 | 23

Build your Type 26 warships next year? Sure, MoD – now, about that contract...

Despite today's crowing about cutting steel, nowt's in writing

Legal04 Nov 2016 | 32

British defence minister refuses to rule out F-35A purchase

We're still getting 138 jets but nobody knows if they'll all be F-35Bs, as planned, or not

Legal04 Nov 2016 | 103

Britain's fight to get its F-35 aircraft carriers operational turns legal

OK, a bunch of uniformed lawyers had a thinly-disguised knees-up

Legal20 Oct 2016 | 55

Drone exercise will transform future naval warfare, says Navy

But not quite in a Rise of the Machines way ... for now

Edge + IoT14 Oct 2016 | 38

Roboats hunt 'mines' and 'submarines' on Ex Unmanned Warrior

RotM They're all simulated – but the drones aren't

AI + ML11 Oct 2016 | 19

Can you make a swarm of 20+ flying military robots? UK.gov wants you

Up to £80k on a platter for future Skynet overlords

Science03 Oct 2016 | 18

Robo-boat biz ASV inks UK.gov licence for auto-speedboat tech

That's the one a human drove during its public launch

AI + ML30 Sep 2016 | 2

The wait is over: MoD releases latest issue of Ship Paint Monthly

Mad mags Know when to opt for wet abrasive blasting or Self Polishing Copolymer?

Bootnotes28 Sep 2016 | 58

It's here! Defence Secretary launches £800m MoD tech creche

And not an artisanal Shoreditch hipster startup in sight

Legal16 Sep 2016 | 14

MoD confirms award of giant frikkin' laser cannon contract

Consortium headed by part-French biz MBDA scoops it

Legal16 Sep 2016 | 52

Publishing military officers' names 'creates Islamic State hitlist'

The Times shrieks about a security breach, MoD yawns

Legal06 Sep 2016 | 43

UK military buys third £4m Zephyr drone for 'persistent surveillance' trials

Flying solar panel runs off batteries and a 300W motor

Legal18 Aug 2016 | 50

MoD flings £800m at Dragons' Den miltech startup wheeze as post-Brexit costs bite

Never mind real kit, hipsters want to make butterfly drones

Legal15 Aug 2016 | 14

£1m military drone crashed in Wales after crew disabled anti-crash systems – report

Well, duh

Legal12 Aug 2016 | 126

UK govt to launch a tech creche for military-focused startups

British solutions for British problems! Say something like that

On-Prem29 Jul 2016 | 21

Missile bods MBDA win Brit military laser cannon contract

No frikkin' sharks included in deal, sadly

On-Prem14 Jul 2016 | 18

MoD contractor hacked, 831 members of defence community exposed

Exclusive MoD: We've been hacked, just don't talk to The Register about it

Legal22 Apr 2016 | 36

Hold on to your hats people, the MoD's found the cloud

180,000 users to be rolled onto Office 365 in Enterprise Agreement

Channel20 May 2015 | 10

So, you know those exciting movie-style 3D visual cyber attack ops centres?

Yep, definitely not reality: The MoD is buying one

Legal24 Mar 2015 | 28

'Xiaomi is good enough to break the American market' - Apple's Woz

Quotw Plus: 'No-one knows what the new Dell is or what is happening to their roles'

Personal Tech17 Jan 2014 | 3

MoD and tech, arms giants start super-duper cyber fight club

State of white cat and volcano procurement as yet unknown

Security05 Jul 2013 | 8

The truth on the Navy carrier debacle? Industry got away with murder

Analysis Sold 'adaptable' ships which couldn't be adapted

Legal06 Feb 2013 | 216

MoD to become even more top-heavy as a result of personnel cuts

Top brass to shrink by 3% (or less) in 20% bloodbath

Legal23 Aug 2012 | 36

Cameron's F-35 U-turn: BAE Systems still calls the shots at No 10

Comment Threat of cheap, powerful kit for UK forces warded off

Legal10 May 2012 | 249

Cameron 'to change his mind' on the one thing he got right in Defence

Comment US carrier kit would be really expensive ... says BAE

Legal17 Apr 2012 | 121

Unions: MoD 'mad to fire staff while increasing consultant spending'

Analysis Calculator says no – but watch the colonels

Legal20 Feb 2012 | 31

UK's first stealth jumpjet rolls off line – but we don't want it

First of three supersonic Harrier replacement orphans

Legal24 Nov 2011 | 31

Britain's Harrier jump-jets reprieved to fly and fight again

With the US Marines, though. They're not stupid

Bootnotes15 Nov 2011 | 118

Poor IT could leave Brit troops hanging in Afghanistan

Just not enough, just not in time

Legal19 Aug 2011 | 13

Solix offers application euthanasia services

Application morticians, when apps become ExAPPS

Channel30 Jun 2011 |

MoD plans 'name and shame' crackdown on crap projects

If they don't buck up... we'll name them again!

Legal15 Jun 2011 | 31

Britain mounted secret 2010 cyberwarfare attack on al-Q

UK spooks struck as Yanks argued

Legal02 Jun 2011 | 30

Boeing reveals partners for MoD logistics

Seven companies join defence business in military IT programme

Channel01 Jun 2011 | 7

Government plans cyberweapons programme

Cabinet Office and GCHQ lead on developing offensive cyber capability

Legal31 May 2011 | 19

Departments reveal mobile device spending

Defence splurged £6.6m on 45,000 'devices' and data services in 2009-10

Legal28 Apr 2011 | 5

RAF Eurofighters make devastating attack – on Parliament

Should have called it Operation Guy Fawkes, not Ellamy

Legal15 Apr 2011 | 116