UK Ramps Up Defence Spending And Procurement

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said at the Munich Security Conference he may accelerate defence spending, and the BBC reported proposals to reach 3% of GDP by the end of the current Parliament. The MoD announced procurement moves including a £18.3m early SONUS rollout and more than £400m for long-range weapons (Stratus and a stealth Storm Shadow replacement). The MoD also signed an enterprise agreement with Red Hat to boost cloud-native and AI capabilities.