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British stratospheric spy flight planned for next year
Project AETHER is planning a multi-payload, long endurance flight in the 2027-28 financial year to demonstrate a broader range of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection from stratospheric altitudes.
Hanwha signs four deals with Lithuanian firms
Hanwha Aerospace has signed four memoranda of understanding with Lithuanian companies covering work on its forty millimetre wheeled anti-aircraft gun.
Ground crews still excluded from nuclear test medal
There are no plans to extend the Nuclear Test Medal to personnel of 543 and 27 Squadrons who recovered, washed, decontaminated and maintained aircraft used for nuclear cloud sampling.
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Navantia UK raises apprentice target by half
Navantia UK is increasing its commitment to recruit apprentices across its British yards from 500 to 750 by 2030, an announcement made as the Scottish Secretary and the defence industry minister visited the company in Fife.
Falklands defences robust despite ice ship gap
Britain's military presence in the South Atlantic is at the appropriate level for the defence of the Falkland Islands, and the absence of an ice patrol ship does not change that, according to Government.
Sweden sends four Saildrones into the Baltic
Sweden has begun a year-long maritime surveillance mission using four Saildrone Voyager uncrewed surface vessels to support Swedish Navy maritime domain awareness in the Baltic Sea.
Lib Dems want six more frigates and new shipyards
Three more Type 31 frigates, three more Type 26 frigates and four new shipyards should be funded through defence bonds and delivered by the mid-2030s to counter the threat from Russia.
BAE tests deck launcher that can reload at sea
BAE Systems has completed the first live firing of the Adaptable Deck Launcher, a missile launcher that can go on aircraft carriers, amphibious ships and other surface combatants.
AVIATION NEWS
Proteus demonstrator to get American autonomy software
Leonardo will use Shield AI's Hivemind software to develop autonomy for Proteus, the uncrewed rotorcraft it built with the Royal Navy and UK Defence Innovation.
Early warning radar flown on Protector type airframe
General Atomics and Saab have flown an airborne early warning radar on an uncrewed MQ-9B, the same aircraft the Royal Air Force operates as Protector, tracking fighter jets and commercial aircraft along with maritime targets.
Restricted airspace now covers fifty defence sites
Restricted airspace has been applied over fifty defence sites and a further one hundred and seventy are expected to follow in December, part of a wider effort to harden British military bases against drones.
British stratospheric spy flight planned for next year
Project AETHER is planning a multi-payload, long endurance flight in the 2027-28 financial year to demonstrate a broader range of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance collection from stratospheric altitudes.
Ground crews still excluded from nuclear test medal
There are no plans to extend the Nuclear Test Medal to personnel of 543 and 27 Squadrons who recovered, washed, decontaminated and maintained aircraft used for nuclear cloud sampling.
LAND NEWS
Army still wants an armoured mortar but currently has no route
The Army continues to require an armoured mortar capability and is looking at alternative ways of delivering it, including through the Heavy Protected Mobility programme, which remains in its concept phase.
Army standing up a Deep Recce Strike Brigade
The Army has approved and is implementing a Deep Recce Strike Brigade to pull intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and precision strike together at corps level.
Hanwha signs four deals with Lithuanian firms
Hanwha Aerospace has signed four memoranda of understanding with Lithuanian companies covering work on its forty millimetre wheeled anti-aircraft gun.
Guards given two days notice for Downing Street
The unarmed ceremonial guard mounted in Downing Street was provided by No. 12 Company Irish Guards on 14 October, and the soldiers were notified two days beforehand.
Sweden orders four Bofors naval gun systems
BAE Systems has won a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for four Bofors 57Mk3 naval gun systems along with 57mm 3P ammunition, according to the company.
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