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Defence Secretary on his first visit to Scotland tours Babcock’s Rosyth facility and Service Family Accommodation in Edinburgh On his first visit to Scotland as Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting has […]

A week-long exercise integrating multiple uncrewed systems with Wildcat helicopters, Royal Marines and ship commanders has demonstrated that long-range drone network operations are ready for Royal Navy use now – […]

A rapid two-week mobilisation by Dstl analysts to support a naval table-top exercise has delivered evidence-based insights that are already influencing the Royal Navy’s mine-hunting programme – and reducing procurement […]

A new Torpedo Repair and Maintenance contract awarded to BAE Systems bridges to a longer-term modernisation programme while sustaining highly skilled engineering roles across Portsmouth, Edinburgh, Chelmsford and Glasgow – […]

The delivery of the Seahorse transport barge at Methil – designed with Scottish naval architecture expertise and built on budget in eight months – offers a practical lesson in how […]

The largest single tranche of nuclear submarine investment announced under this government will support tens of thousands of jobs, 22,000 apprenticeships and a supply chain of more than 6,000 UK […]

UK Defence Innovation is inviting proposals across five urgent operational challenge areas, with contracts of up to £1 million available for technologies that can reach deployment scale within 12 months […]

President Zelenskyy’s visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth and the conclusion of Exercise Sea Breeze 2026 highlight the Royal Navy’s deepening operational partnership with Ukraine – and the growing demand for […]

A £20 million company-funded investment in high-energy laser technology signals a significant step towards the operational deployment of Laser Directed Energy Weapons, with implications for UK sovereign industrial capability and […]

A tripartite agreement signed at Farnborough International Airshow brings together a systems integrator, an uncrewed surface vessel specialist and a precision missile manufacturer to deliver persistent, affordable maritime air defence […]

Construction has begun on a new £3.3 million paint facility at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow, the latest in a series of infrastructure investments designed to modernise the site […]

QinetiQ has announced a significant investment in a new cutting-edge electronic warfare emitter system, strengthening its ability to prepare military personnel for the increasingly complex electromagnetic threat environments they will […]

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