Andrew Chuter

Andrew Chuter is the United Kingdom correspondent for Defense News.


  • UK Taps A&P Marine to Tailor S. Korea Tankers
    UK Taps A&P Marine to Tailor S. Korea Tankers

    A marine engineering company in southwest England has been selected to customize four new military tankers being built in South Korea to support the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and other Royal Navy warships.

  • Ex-British DM: MoD May Cut Army to 60K Troops
    Ex-British DM: MoD May Cut Army to 60K Troops

    A former British defense minister has claimed the Ministry of Defence is looking at options to reduce the British Army to 60,000 regular troops to meet possible heavy cuts to military spending as part of continuing austerity efforts after the upcoming general election.

  • Lack of Engineers May Hurt UK Aviation Safety
    Lack of Engineers May Hurt UK Aviation Safety

    A shortage of engineers and other skilled personnel is an imminent threat to British military aviation safety, according to a high-ranking safety official.

  • Britain Appoints Security Exec as DSO Head
    Britain Appoints Security Exec as DSO Head

    A security industry expert has been appointed as the new head of the British government’s defense and security export support organization.

  • UK’s Defense Export Chief To Step Down
    UK’s Defense Export Chief To Step Down

    The head of the British government’s £13 billion a year defense and security equipment export organization is to stand down.

  • Audit Cites UK’s Strides on Procurement Fixes
    Audit Cites UK’s Strides on Procurement Fixes

    The UK Defence Ministry has mostly gotten budget overruns and procurement delays under control, the National Audit Office (NAO) said on Tuesday. But the ministry could be storing up significant problems by underestimating costs and potential savings.

  • NG Europe Boss Debates Defense in Media Ads
    NG Europe Boss Debates Defense in Media Ads

    Northrop Grumman’s European chief executive, Andrew Tyler, has resorted to an unusual method to raise the level of debate on defense issues in the UK ahead of the planned strategic defense and security review (SDSR) planned for later this year: He purchased space on the Financial Times.com site to air his views.

  • UK Signs Deal For New Air Defense Missile
    UK Signs Deal For New Air Defense Missile

    The British Army is to get a new ground-based air defense missile to replace the aging Rapier system following the signing of a development and manufacture deal by the Defence Ministry and MBDA last month.

  • UK Bolsters Falkland Defenses to Counter Argentine Air Ambitions
    UK Bolsters Falkland Defenses to Counter Argentine Air Ambitions

    British military capability planners are eyeing a major improvement to ground-based air defenses in the Falkland Islands amid continuing signs that Argentina is looking to update its Air Force with modern strike aircraft.

  • Ampthill Investment Pays Big Dividends for Lockheed
    Ampthill Investment Pays Big Dividends for Lockheed

    A leafy road on the edge of a picturesque small English town that wouldn’t look out of place in a Dickens novel is not where you expect to find a company generating key technology for armored vehicles, ballistic missile defense, the nuclear deterrent and other systems.

  • UK Taps A&P Marine to Tailor S. Korea Tankers
    UK Taps A&P Marine to Tailor S. Korea Tankers

    A marine engineering company in southwest England has been selected to customize four new military tankers being built in South Korea to support the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and other Royal Navy warships.

  • Ex-British DM: MoD May Cut Army to 60K Troops
    Ex-British DM: MoD May Cut Army to 60K Troops

    A former British defense minister has claimed the Ministry of Defence is looking at options to reduce the British Army to 60,000 regular troops to meet possible heavy cuts to military spending as part of continuing austerity efforts after the upcoming general election.

  • Lack of Engineers May Hurt UK Aviation Safety
    Lack of Engineers May Hurt UK Aviation Safety

    A shortage of engineers and other skilled personnel is an imminent threat to British military aviation safety, according to a high-ranking safety official.

  • Britain Appoints Security Exec as DSO Head
    Britain Appoints Security Exec as DSO Head

    A security industry expert has been appointed as the new head of the British government’s defense and security export support organization.

  • UK’s Defense Export Chief To Step Down
    UK’s Defense Export Chief To Step Down

    The head of the British government’s £13 billion a year defense and security equipment export organization is to stand down.

  • Audit Cites UK’s Strides on Procurement Fixes
    Audit Cites UK’s Strides on Procurement Fixes

    The UK Defence Ministry has mostly gotten budget overruns and procurement delays under control, the National Audit Office (NAO) said on Tuesday. But the ministry could be storing up significant problems by underestimating costs and potential savings.

  • NG Europe Boss Debates Defense in Media Ads
    NG Europe Boss Debates Defense in Media Ads

    Northrop Grumman’s European chief executive, Andrew Tyler, has resorted to an unusual method to raise the level of debate on defense issues in the UK ahead of the planned strategic defense and security review (SDSR) planned for later this year: He purchased space on the Financial Times.com site to air his views.

  • UK Signs Deal For New Air Defense Missile
    UK Signs Deal For New Air Defense Missile

    The British Army is to get a new ground-based air defense missile to replace the aging Rapier system following the signing of a development and manufacture deal by the Defence Ministry and MBDA last month.

  • UK Bolsters Falkland Defenses to Counter Argentine Air Ambitions
    UK Bolsters Falkland Defenses to Counter Argentine Air Ambitions

    British military capability planners are eyeing a major improvement to ground-based air defenses in the Falkland Islands amid continuing signs that Argentina is looking to update its Air Force with modern strike aircraft.

  • Ampthill Investment Pays Big Dividends for Lockheed
    Ampthill Investment Pays Big Dividends for Lockheed

    A leafy road on the edge of a picturesque small English town that wouldn’t look out of place in a Dickens novel is not where you expect to find a company generating key technology for armored vehicles, ballistic missile defense, the nuclear deterrent and other systems.

  • UK Taps A&P Marine to Tailor S. Korea Tankers
    UK Taps A&P Marine to Tailor S. Korea Tankers

    A marine engineering company in southwest England has been selected to customize four new military tankers being built in South Korea to support the new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and other Royal Navy warships.

  • Ex-British DM: MoD May Cut Army to 60K Troops
    Ex-British DM: MoD May Cut Army to 60K Troops

    A former British defense minister has claimed the Ministry of Defence is looking at options to reduce the British Army to 60,000 regular troops to meet possible heavy cuts to military spending as part of continuing austerity efforts after the upcoming general election.

  • Lack of Engineers May Hurt UK Aviation Safety
    Lack of Engineers May Hurt UK Aviation Safety

    A shortage of engineers and other skilled personnel is an imminent threat to British military aviation safety, according to a high-ranking safety official.

  • Britain Appoints Security Exec as DSO Head
    Britain Appoints Security Exec as DSO Head

    A security industry expert has been appointed as the new head of the British government’s defense and security export support organization.

  • UK’s Defense Export Chief To Step Down
    UK’s Defense Export Chief To Step Down

    The head of the British government’s £13 billion a year defense and security equipment export organization is to stand down.

  • Audit Cites UK’s Strides on Procurement Fixes
    Audit Cites UK’s Strides on Procurement Fixes

    The UK Defence Ministry has mostly gotten budget overruns and procurement delays under control, the National Audit Office (NAO) said on Tuesday. But the ministry could be storing up significant problems by underestimating costs and potential savings.

  • NG Europe Boss Debates Defense in Media Ads
    NG Europe Boss Debates Defense in Media Ads

    Northrop Grumman’s European chief executive, Andrew Tyler, has resorted to an unusual method to raise the level of debate on defense issues in the UK ahead of the planned strategic defense and security review (SDSR) planned for later this year: He purchased space on the Financial Times.com site to air his views.

  • UK Signs Deal For New Air Defense Missile
    UK Signs Deal For New Air Defense Missile

    The British Army is to get a new ground-based air defense missile to replace the aging Rapier system following the signing of a development and manufacture deal by the Defence Ministry and MBDA last month.

  • UK Bolsters Falkland Defenses to Counter Argentine Air Ambitions
    UK Bolsters Falkland Defenses to Counter Argentine Air Ambitions

    British military capability planners are eyeing a major improvement to ground-based air defenses in the Falkland Islands amid continuing signs that Argentina is looking to update its Air Force with modern strike aircraft.

  • Ampthill Investment Pays Big Dividends for Lockheed
    Ampthill Investment Pays Big Dividends for Lockheed

    A leafy road on the edge of a picturesque small English town that wouldn’t look out of place in a Dickens novel is not where you expect to find a company generating key technology for armored vehicles, ballistic missile defense, the nuclear deterrent and other systems.