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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 […]

Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis MP has opened Europe’s largest drone testing and development facility in Swindon, establishing the UK’s Uncrewed Systems Centre (USC) at the new DroneTEX site as the […]

Europe’s largest drone testing centre has officially opened in Swindon, representing a shift in UK defence innovation – based on lessons learned from both the Ukraine and Iran conflicts. The […]

A new Rapid AI Delivery unit has been announced, created to prepare the UK for the future of warfare, by putting AI-enabled tools into the hand of Britain’s Armed Forces. […]

June 2026 marks four years since the inception of Operation Interflex – the UK-led multinational training programme that has trained over 63,000 Ukrainian personnel as infantry, leaders and instructors over […]

Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft and supporting personnel are currently deployed to Romania on Operation BILOXI, contributing to NATO’s enhanced Air Policing mission on the Alliance’s eastern flank alongside Romanian […]

BAE Systems’ FalconWorks facility at Warton has been held up in the House of Commons as a leading example of how research and development should be embedded within UK defence […]

Battle-proven C-UAS interceptor in active operational use across land, sea and air; back-to-back orders signal significant acceleration in UK munitions stockpile strategy. The Ministry of Defence has signed a £36 […]

The UK’s F-35B Lightning force reached a landmark last week with the arrival of aircraft BK43 and BK45 at RAF Marham, completing the Initial Procurement Phase and bringing the total […]

A major new fighter jet deal announced on 28 May will see 36 Swedish Gripen aircraft delivered to Ukraine, with over 30% of each aircraft manufactured in the UK and […]

The RAF’s next-generation airborne early warning aircraft has touched down in Scotland, with the first Boeing E-7 Wedgetail AEW Mk1 arriving at RAF Lossiemouth on 21 May – greeted, appropriately, […]

A Dstl project applying neuroscience to military training has reached over 1,200 RAF personnel and industry technicians, with its methods now mandated across the Typhoon Training Facility at RAF Coningsby […]

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