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The milestone reflects sustained collaboration between OCCAR, ARTEC, KNDS, Rheinmetall and the NAD Group, with manufacturing spanning facilities in Telford and Stockport and a supply chain supporting hundreds of skilled […]
Private capital investment flood into defence tech start-ups signals structural shift in how sovereign capability is being built and funded – with supply chain implications for established UK businesses. Venture […]
75 inward investment projects and 5,500 jobs created or protected in 2025-26 as £50 million defence deal cements Wales as emerging hub for autonomous defence capability. Wales attracted 75 foreign […]
Oxfordshire SME demonstrates 900km-range autonomous effector to Secretary of State for Defence as programme moves towards Q4 scale-up. MGI Engineering has publicly showcased TigerShark, its high-speed long-range autonomous one-way effector, […]
Rachel Reeves has pledged the long-awaited Defence Investment Plan will be released before the NATO summit opens in Ankara on 7 July, amid political turbulence at the top of government […]
The National Armaments Director Group has awarded Leonardo (UK) Ltd an initial £27 million contract to supply consumable spares across the UK Armed Forces’ complete fixed-wing and rotary-wing fleet, in […]
Business and Trade Committee calls on ministers to set strategic direction on European relationship as SAFE programme exclusion and defence industrial alignment leave supply chain in limbo. A House of […]
The United Kingdom and five European allies have formally marked the transition of the European Long-Range Strike Approach from a requirements-setting framework to active implementation, with distinct ELSA Implementation Groups […]
A written Commons question has forced the Government to address the impact of the UK’s incoming 50% steel tariff on a quietly critical piece of sovereign defence capability: ball bearings. […]
Three British-designed long-range strike weapons have successfully completed flight testing just months after the competition that produced them was launched, marking a significant milestone in Project Brakestop, the MOD’s fast-track […]
The RAF’s rotary-wing capability in Cyprus has been significantly strengthened with the delivery of two Airbus H145 Jupiter HC Mk2 helicopters to 84 Squadron, marking a major milestone in a […]
Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis MBE has announced a £752 million package to deliver 150,000 drones and more than 350 air defence missiles and radars to Ukraine by the end of […]
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