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Geospatial intelligence contract goes to CGI

CGI has won a contract from the Ministry of Defence's National Armaments Director Group to provide technical and project support for PICASSO, the programme that develops and sustains Britain's national geospatial intelligence capabilities.

Ice patrol ship will miss a second Antarctic season

HMS Protector will not deploy to Antarctica for the 2026/27 season, leaving Britain without an ice patrol ship in the South Atlantic for a second consecutive year while the government looks at how to cover the gap.

Methil yard wins second export order and hires sixty

Navantia UK has won a second new vessel export contract for its Methil yard in Fife and is recruiting sixty skilled workers.

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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.

Ice patrol ship will miss a second Antarctic season

HMS Protector will not deploy to Antarctica for the 2026/27 season, leaving Britain without an ice patrol ship in the South Atlantic for a second consecutive year while the government looks at how to cover the gap.

British submarine command course has not run for a year

The Submarine Command Course, known throughout the service as Perisher, is the qualifying course for command of a British submarine.

NATO spots Russian submarine in the High North

A Russian Kilo class submarine has been observed in the High North by Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, according to NATO Maritime Command.

Most of Britan’s nuclear missile submarine fleet now at sea

Three of the Royal Navy's four Vanguard class ballistic missile submarines are at sea at the same time, an arrangement naval sources described as unusual, according to reporting in The Times.

AVIATION NEWS

UK defence spending target of 3 percent by 2030

The Chancellor has set a target date of 2030 for British defence spending to reach three per cent of gross domestic product.

Eleven of sixteen Protector drones now delivered

Sixteen Protector RG Mk1 air vehicles have been bought for the Royal Air Force and eleven have been delivered into service, with the remainder still in test and evaluation with the manufacturer.

No decision on Palantir role in targeting network

Palantir products are used across the defence digital and data ecosystem and that is expected to continue in some form, but no decisions have been taken on parts of the Digital Targeting Web.

American special forces buy Tekever drones

United States Special Operations Command has bought uncrewed aircraft from Tekever after a programme of validation and acceptance testing backed by training and an extensive flight programme at several locations.

BAE to build thirty five thousand guidance kits a year

BAE Systems has signed a framework agreement running up to seven years with the United States Department of War to lift production of APKWS laser guidance kits to as many as thirty five thousand a year.

LAND NEWS

Russia building new radar close to the Polish border

Construction of a new radar facility in Kaliningrad has been under way for some time and forms part of wider Russian investment in military capability that Britain and NATO allies are monitoring.
Abstract blue industrial scene with cranes and a ship silhouette, overlaid by diagonal light streaks and color bands.

Britain told it can lead world in metamaterials

Britain can become a global leader in metamaterials if it acts now to turn its research into commercial products, and the Ministry of Defence's chief scientific adviser has welcomed a new government roadmap setting out how.

Army to buy heavy wheeled recovery vehicle for Boxer

The Army will procure a Heavy Wheeled Recovery Vehicle to recover Boxer in the field, the order remains at 623 vehicles with more than five hundred being built in Britain.

Methil yard wins second export order and hires sixty

Navantia UK has won a second new vessel export contract for its Methil yard in Fife and is recruiting sixty skilled workers.

Atlas drops seven hundred paratroopers into Germany

Around seven hundred paratroopers have been dropped onto a German drop zone from four Atlas C1 transports across multiple waves.

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Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard is undergoing a major overhaul under Navantia UK, with new steel-processing lines, upgraded facilities and workforce expansion aimed at supporting Fleet Solid Support and future naval construction.
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