Opinion: Fate of the Littoral Strike Ship inextricably linked to fortunes of minister
April Fools’ Day is not traditionally regarded as an auspicious day to make serious announcements to the media. But in keeping with his reputation as a secretary of state who does things differently, Gavin Williamson made a keynote speech in Portsdown to discuss the latest funding for the UK Ministry of Defence’s ‘innovation fund’.
This injection of £75 million comes from a new pool of funding (known as the ‘Transformation Fund’) announced during the last budget as a means of accelerating innovative technology into service quickly.
This fund will benefit both the British Armed Forces and industry, particularly small and
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