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Britain funding more trials on large drone submarine
The Submarine Delivery Agency has handed Plymouth-based M Subs a GBP 6.7m contract for trials of the CETUS extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, with the work intended to de-risk underwater autonomy and demonstrate military utility.
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Annington deal cost taxpayer 14.5bn, says NAO report
The National Audit Office has estimated that the Ministry of Defence is around £14.5 billion worse off than it would have been had it not sold its Service Family Accommodation estate to Annington Property Ltd in 1996.
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British forces now half the size they were in 1980s say SNP
UK armed forces are now under half their 1980s size, according to the SNP. Westminster leader Dave Doogan says "Westminster is putting Scotland's safety at risk".
Britain left without single attack submarines at sea, again
The difficulty in keeping Britain's hunter-killer submarines available for operations has once more left the Royal Navy without a single attack boat at sea, according to open-source tracking.
US strikes Iran after attack on cargo ship in Hormuz
The United States has carried out strikes on Iranian missile and drone storage facilities and coastal radar positions in response to an Iranian drone attack on a commercial cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM stated.
CMAL takes early ownership of three CalMac ferries
CMAL has taken ownership of three CalMac ferries still under construction at Turkey's Cemre Shipyard as a precaution, citing challenging economic circumstances at the yard, to protect delivery.
Britain funding more trials on large drone submarine
The Submarine Delivery Agency has handed Plymouth-based M Subs a GBP 6.7m contract for trials of the CETUS extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, with the work intended to de-risk underwater autonomy and demonstrate military utility.
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Defence minister rebukes MP over written question volume
A minister has taken the rare step of chastising a Conservative MP within a parliamentary answer itself, telling Ben Obese-Jecty MP that his recent questions have cost the department staff time.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport works for Voyager tankers complete
Lagan Airport Maintenance has completed works at Glasgow Prestwick to host the RAF Voyager fleet under Project MACE, with the first Voyager arriving earlier this month while Brize Norton undergoes resurfacing.
easyJet awarded Bronze ERS status in Armed Forces Week flight
easyJet has been awarded Bronze status under the MoD's Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, with the certificate presented at 20,000 feet on a London Luton to Jersey flight operated by reservist and veteran crew during Armed Forces Week.
No restart date for VIP jet defensive fit-out, MoD confirms
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed there is no date set for resuming work to equip the Royal Air Force's Envoy IV ministerial jets to operate in non-benign airspace, with the programme remaining paused indefinitely while other priorities take precedence.
British drone spotted carrying covert spy pod
A Royal Air Force Protector RG Mk1 has been photographed at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus carrying what appears to be the so-called Outdragon signals intelligence pod.
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British Army fields 10,000 drones in six months
The British Army has invested GBP 300 million in attritable and consumable systems over the past six months, placing 10,000 small drones into soldiers' hands, the UK Defence Journal understands.
Britain now in conflict with Russia, warns MP
Labour MP Graeme Downie says Westminster should stop calling Russian hostile activity "sub threshold", warning that the UK and Russia are now in conflict.
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Annington deal cost taxpayer 14.5bn, says NAO report
The National Audit Office has estimated that the Ministry of Defence is around £14.5 billion worse off than it would have been had it not sold its Service Family Accommodation estate to Annington Property Ltd in 1996.
The plan to plug UK industry into Ukraine’s war tech
A Westminster roundtable hosted by Graeme Downie MP set out to turn Ukraine's battlefield innovation into a lasting UK partnership, pressing the case for a defence corridor to channel industry, investment and IP between the two countries.
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