Government Foresight Report Flags Accelerating Supply Chain Risks
The Government Office for Science has published a new Foresight report on supply chain risk and resilience that carries direct relevance for the defence sector, as the industry navigates an increasingly contested global environment and a government push to build sovereign industrial capacity. “Global Supply Chains: A Foresight report on risk and resilience” sets out […]
Honeywell Launches Compact GPS-Denied Navigation System Targeting High-Volume Drone Operations
Honeywell has announced Kestrel, a new compact Embedded GNSS/INS (EGI) navigation system designed for uncrewed aerial systems operating in GPS-jammed and spoofed environments. The system is aimed squarely at the Group 2 and 3 drone market, including collaborative combat aircraft and loitering munitions platforms, where size, weight, cost, and resilience in contested environments are the […]
Bristol Robotics Firm Q5D Secures First U.S. Army Contract as Wire Harness Automation Enters Defence Manufacturing
Bristol-based Q5D Technologies has signed its first U.S. Army contract, partnering with American firm Molrix to deliver three automated wire harness manufacturing cells to the U.S. Army over the next 20 months. The deal marks a significant export milestone for a UK SME whose core technology is now being deployed at the heart of the […]
SPARC AI Formalises Ukraine Market Entry with Dedicated Advisory Engagement as Overwatch Drone Navigation Platform Scales
Canadian defence-technology company SPARC AI has engaged CFC Defence, a Ukraine-based defence advisory team, to lead its market-entry programme across the Ukrainian defence ecosystem, as the company accelerates deployment of its Overwatch GPS-denied navigation and targeting software for unmanned systems. The engagement formalises a structured programme that moves Overwatch from relationship-building through capability validation to […]