Breaking Defense
• Tim Martin
UK makes sweeping defense cuts, doing away with several warships, scores of helicopters and drones
Breaking Defense reports: The surprising move, announced in parliament today by UK defense chief John Healey, will generate savings of £500 million ($632 million) over the next five years, he said, and get rid of "outdated capabilities." But it also drew immediate criticism from opposition party lawmakers.
The War Zone
• Thomas Newdick
British Defense Cuts Hit All Three Services Hard
Aviation Week
• Tony Osborne
UK Scraps Aging Helicopters, Watchkeeper UAVs To Cut Costs
Also:
FlightGlobal,
The Aviationist,
The Independent,
UK Defence Journal,
Sky News,
Financial Times,
spacewar.com and
Sky News
