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Young apprentices from across the UK were singled out as engineers of the future in yesterday’s MOD Apprentice Awards 2011 which saw prestigious prizes presented to a total of 29 apprentices for their work across Defence.

For the run-up to Christmas, the MOD online news team has once again picked out the images that best represent our defence news coverage over the past year.

90 schoolchildren recently joined 60 Korean War veterans and 30 Service personnel as part of a Korean War remembrance and awareness event hosted by the MOD and the National Army Museum.

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has said, following the National Audit Office’s publication today of a report analysing the cost, time and performance of the MOD’s 15 largest military equipment projects, that the Department has got a grip on its equipment programme.

The MOD today announced the winners of its prestigious Sanctuary and Energy Awards during a ceremony in London.

As part of the first tranche of Army unit moves confirmed by the MOD today as part of the Defence Rebasing Programme, 1,800 troops based in Germany will from January 2012 be brought back to the UK.

It is with sadness that the MOD must confirm that Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham, of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, was killed when he was ejected from his Hawk T1 aircraft on the morning of Tuesday 8 November 2011.

The dedication and ethos of MOD project teams responsible for buying kit for the front line have been recognised in the ninth annual Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Acquisition Awards ceremony.

A review of single-source military equipment contracts has found that the Government could potentially save hundreds of millions of pounds by introducing new rules for industry the MOD announced today.

MOD bases across the UK are taking part in ‘The Big Brew Up’ this week to raise much-needed funds for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA). Report by Lorraine McBride.