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L3Harris lands Trident flight test support deal
L3Harris has been awarded a $46 million contract to provide services and support for flight test instrumentation systems used with Trident, with a small share of the work to be carried out in Barrow-in-Furness.
HII to build 10 ROMULUS drone ships for U.S. Navy
HII has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to build 10 ROMULUS uncrewed surface vessels under the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) programme.
British forces land on Danish territory near Arctic circle
Royal Marines have deployed to the Faroe Islands for the first time since the Second World War, training with Danish and Faroese forces around the strategically important Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap.
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American supercarrier heads in for multi-billion refit
The U.S. Navy has awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $5 billion contract to carry out the Refuelling and Complex Overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, with the ship due to return to the fleet in November 2031.
U.S. in mega deal to build more long-range anti-air missiles
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a five-year contract worth up to $24.4 billion to accelerate production of the Standard Missile-6, its principal long-range anti-air and anti-surface weapon.
US Navy to buy 30 medium drone warships from three firms
The US Navy plans to buy 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) from Galliano Marine Services, HII and Saronic Technologies after completing the first phase of at-sea testing, with the first vessels due for delivery before the end of fiscal year 2027.
America moves guided missile destroyer to Europe
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Basilone will move its homeport from Naval Station Mayport, Florida, to Naval Station Rota in southern Spain this autumn.
L3Harris lands Trident flight test support deal
L3Harris has been awarded a $46 million contract to provide services and support for flight test instrumentation systems used with Trident, with a small share of the work to be carried out in Barrow-in-Furness.
AVIATION NEWS
New Ukrainian ballistic missile used in combat
Ukraine has used a domestically built tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, naming the weapon as the FP-7 and signalling that the next task is building it in quantity.
America orders 22 more upgraded F-15EX Eagle jets
The U.S. Department of the Air Force has awarded Boeing a contract for 22 F-15EX Eagle II fighters under Lot 7, keeping all planned aircraft in the batch within the funding Congress provided through budget reconciliation.
Airbus deal to lift British A400M availability by third
The RAF expects thirteen Atlas transports ready each day by the end of 2027, up from ten, under a £190m Airbus deal.
Boeing wins contract for new American naval fighter
Boeing has been selected to design, build and deliver the US Navy's F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter under a multi-billion-dollar contract.
US and Royal Navy crews train for sea rescue off Scotland
Royal Navy helicopter crews have trained with the Kentucky Air National Guard off the Scottish coast in a multinational search-and-rescue exercise involving US C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and Merlin helicopters.
LAND NEWS
Man bailed in RAF Fairford terrorism investigation
The dual British and Iranian national arrested in London on Thursday over the events at RAF Fairford has been released on bail, and searches of two properties in Westminster have now concluded, Counter Terrorism Policing stated on Saturday.
Rare defence show where buyers outnumber the sellers
A new defence event opening in London next week, Apex Europe, has attracted 400 military and government end users among around 800 people registered, a balance its organisers say they have not seen before at a defence show.
Dual UK-Iranian national held in Fairford terror inquiry
A 27-year-old dual British and Iranian national has been arrested in London over the activity near RAF Fairford at the weekend, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
UK tells OSCE Russia chose war and can choose to end it
Britain has, in a statement to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, set out what it called the fundamental facts of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Syngenta moves to close Grangemouth plant, 377 jobs at risk
Agrochemical manufacturer Syngenta has begun a formal consultation with trade unions and employees over the proposed closure of its site at Grangemouth, placing 377 jobs at risk.
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