BAE Systems fined $36m over 104 US arms export violationsBAE Systems to pay $36m after 104 breaches of US arms export rules - AOAV

BAE Systems’ US arm will pay a $36m penalty over 104 arms export violations, including unauthorised transfers of sensitive military data to China.

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The curious economics of Britain’s rearmament: spending more as Russia grows weaker - AOAV

Britain is committing to a vast increase in defence spending even as Russia’s conventional military and economic strength weakens, raising questions about whether the 5 per cent target reflects genuin...

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Could Britain go further on arms sales to Israel? Ministers reportedly considering whether to widen existing restrictions, including on military goods that have continued to reach Israel through exemp...

Britain is reportedly considering broader restrictions on military exports to Israel, potentially reopening the politically contentious question of UK-made components entering the global F-35 supply c...

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British military justice: new crime command faces crisisThe unit created to fix British military justice is now facing its own crisis - AOAV

A leaked MoD review has exposed serious failings in Britain’s Defence Serious Crime Command, reinforcing AOAV’s concerns over military justice and accountability.

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AI in warfare: essential investigations and reporters to followExposing AI in warfare: a brief guide to essential investigations and reporters to follow - AOAV

A guide to essential investigations, journalists and organisations exposing the use of AI in warfare, autonomous weapons and military targeting.

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Beyond the battlefield: should we be rethinking National Security in an age of drought? - AOAV

As drought exposes the fragility of Britain’s water and food systems, the government’s defence-spending surge raises a larger question: whether national security is still being defined too narrowly fo...

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Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV's event on AI and Warfare - AOAV

AOAV and SOAS brought together journalists, researchers and experts to examine how artificial intelligence, surveillance, big tech and automated targeting are reshaping warfare, civilian harm and the ...

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MOD orders sweeping cancer study covering veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan and the Gulf - AOAV

The Ministry of Defence has launched a landmark epidemiological study into whether 1.4 million serving personnel and veterans face elevated cancer risks, signalling a significant shift towards greater...

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Complicit: Bankrolling the Occupation | Al Jazeera Investigates

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The Military-Industrial Complex: why this is of importance to Action on Armed Violence and what it has to do with the erosion of civilian protection - AOAV

AOAV argues here that Britain's modern military-industrial complex has expanded beyond defence manufacturing into politics, finance and technology, raising profound questions about democratic accounta...

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'They did it for fun': witness describes alleged prisoner abuse by UK SAS to Afghanistan Inquiry - AOAV

Newly published evidence presented to the Afghanistan Inquiry contains allegations from multiple witnesses of prisoner abuse, intimidation and a culture of exceptionalism within UK Special Forces, alt...

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Investigating the Military-Technological Complex

A seminar to help understand how to investigate, expose, and hold to account civilian harm from technological advances in warfare.

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Open Letter to the Prime Minister on military spending and the next NATO Summit - AOAV

More than 50 UK civil society organisations - including AOAV - have written to the Prime Minister urging the Government to rebalance its approach to security by investing in diplomacy, development and...

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Private British defence firms win most MoD contracts. Yet their CEO pay stays stubbornly hidden - AOAV

Despite receiving more than 70% of UK Ministry of Defence contracts, private limited defence companies disclose far less about executive pay than their publicly listed counterparts, obscuring how publ...

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Defence company chiefs pocketed 138 times the average UK worker’s wage in 2024, with their average CEO annual pay increasing by £1.5 million in the last decade - AOAV

Action on Armed Violence analysis found that CEOs of the UK's largest defence companies earned an average of £5.2 million in 2024, with executive pay rising by £1.53 million on average over the past d...

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