In his first major defence industry speech, Wes Streeting used the Farnborough platform to lay out the sharpest ministerial statement yet on autonomous combat air, procurement reform and the role of defence as an engine of national reindustrialisation. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting delivered his first keynote speech to the defence industry at the AGF Defence Summit at Farnborough International Airshow, setting out a vision for UK air power that places autonomous systems, industrial partnership and procurement reform at the centre of defence policy – and challenging industry to match the pace government says it is now committed to moving at.…
