Ministry Of Defence

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

HMS Ark Royal goes under the hammer

Get your bids in for some serious kit

Bootnotes28 Mar 2011 | 50

Ofcom steams ahead with Crown rights, prepares to sell family jewels

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

Networks10 Mar 2011 | 3

Eurofighter Typhoon: It's EVEN WORSE than we thought

Analysis RAF gets just 107 jets – and new budget trainwreck looms

Legal03 Mar 2011 | 192

Fox promises all change at MoD

Leopard changes spots, cats sleep with dogs, pigs cleared for take-off

Legal22 Feb 2011 | 18

Foreign cyber spies target British defence official

Spear phishing foiled

Security22 Nov 2010 | 10

MoD battles copycat hackers

Military targeted after TinKode gets in the news

Security12 Nov 2010 | 24

MoD braced for painful weight-loss surgery next week

Analysis Buzz suggests it'll be liposuction, not amputation

Legal15 Oct 2010 | 48

Cameron to spend £1bn+ on cyber security

Operation 'active defence' is go

Legal14 Oct 2010 | 34

Royal Navy running-jump method confirmed for F-35B

Supersonic stealth jumpjet to learn Brit trick

Legal11 Oct 2010 | 28

MoD labels Facebook Places a 'targeting pack' for terrorists

Exclusive Northern Ireland threat over location data

Software01 Oct 2010 | 62

Defence Minister 'to big up electropulse threat' - report

Mmm, pork... sweet, sweet pork

Security20 Sep 2010 | 35

Tory defence shadow's laptop nicked

The ideal man for the MoD

Legal22 Apr 2010 | 14

Supersonic stealth jumpjet in first hover-system flight test

Vid Brit pilot fires up Rolls-Royce lift kit

Science12 Jan 2010 | 29

Please shut up about the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash

Analysis RAF Chinook fleet is actually a rare MoD success story

Legal04 Jan 2010 | 69

MoD does everything right for once in Xmas shocker

Comment Freak ceasefire interrupts endless cannonade of cockups

Legal16 Dec 2009 | 60

Major helicopter reorganisation for RAF and Navy

New Chinooks, Merlins handed over to 'Junglies'

Science15 Dec 2009 | 24

PGP disk encrypt approved by MoD for military use

Good enough for personal data, not for missile codes

Security08 Dec 2009 | 40

Ex-GCHQ superspook can lobby MoD on crypto

No rules broken

Legal08 Oct 2009 | 3

NAO tells MoD to keep tabs on its kit

New IT system a must to monitor masses of gear

Legal21 Aug 2009 | 12

MoD stokes media-paralysing UFO feedback loop

Getcher old govment loony files here! They're luvverly!

Science17 Aug 2009 | 9

MoD sticks with 'most decrepit browser in the world'

Labour MP suggests use of IE6 is 'workplace cruelty'

Legal23 Jul 2009 | 69

UK.gov to create central cybersecurity agency

A job for Jim Hacker

Security15 Jun 2009 | 13