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New British weapons firm to announce first products
A company setting out to become Britain's next sovereign defence prime, built around producing complex weapons faster, will announce its first products at #ApexEurope this week.
New tool aims to find terrorist material on devices
Police officers are to be given a way of checking a seized phone or computer against a library of more than a million files produced by terrorist organisations, according to Cyacomb, the Edinburgh firm behind it.
US Navy tests autonomy that adapts a plan in flight
An uncrewed combat aircraft has been flown in an American trial in which the autonomy software was given the commander's intent rather than a fixed route, and allowed to rework the plan as the scenario changed.
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Drone vessel firm Syos takes outside investment
SYOS Aerospace has raised institutional money for the first time after five years funding its growth entirely from customer contracts.
Drone boats fight each other at sea for the first time
A Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel armed with a mounted gun destroyed a Russian one-way attack boat in the Black Sea last month, in what is assessed as the first direct engagement between drone boats from the two sides.
HMS Queen Elizabeth trials all-day dining at sea
Sailors aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth are being fed around the clock rather than at fixed meal times, under a trial the Royal Navy has chosen the carrier to run on behalf of the whole fleet.
French submarine fires new nuclear weapon
France has fired its latest submarine-launched ballistic missile for the first time from Le Vigilant, with President Macron watching from the deck of a frigate.
Commandos land from German submarine on Scottish coast
British commandos have come ashore at Cape Wrath from a German attack submarine and directed the guns of a Portuguese frigate onto targets inland.
AVIATION NEWS
Derbyshire firm joins tactical radio supply framework
A Derbyshire company that designs and builds professional radio accessories has been appointed to a government framework for tactical communications worth an estimated £727 million in its lot.
Drone landing system cut from three units to one
A Cambridgeshire firm that lets drones land precisely using radar rather than satellite positioning has cut the equipment needed on the ground from three units to one. #ApexEurope
New British weapons firm to announce first products
A company setting out to become Britain's next sovereign defence prime, built around producing complex weapons faster, will announce its first products at #ApexEurope this week.
US Navy tests autonomy that adapts a plan in flight
An uncrewed combat aircraft has been flown in an American trial in which the autonomy software was given the commander's intent rather than a fixed route, and allowed to rework the plan as the scenario changed.
Lithuanian firm brings Ukraine-proven drones to London
A Lithuanian manufacturer whose munitions and recon drones are in Ukrainian service is bringing its full range to #ApexEurope in London this week, including a counter-drone interceptor built to shoot down Shahed types.
LAND NEWS
Most British manufacturers now eyeing defence work
Nearly three-quarters of British manufacturers are already working in defence or exploring how to get into it, and four in five have adopted or are trialling artificial intelligence, according to the accountancy firm Crowe.
Counter-drone turrets for Poland get GPS-free navigation
Hundreds of inertial navigation units designed to keep working when satellite signals are jammed or spoofed are to be fitted to counter-drone weapon stations bound for Poland, under an $18.5 million agreement.
Logistics firms form alliance to supply British defence
Four companies have joined forces under a new banner called Forfield to bid for work managing the supply chains the Ministry of Defence depends on, according to Kuehne+Nagel, one of the partners.
Aberdeen research shapes NATO study of future fuel supply
Whether NATO's European members can fuel their armed forces out to 2050, in peacetime and in war, has been assessed in a new report drawing on research led from Aberdeen, according to the university.
New tool aims to find terrorist material on devices
Police officers are to be given a way of checking a seized phone or computer against a library of more than a million files produced by terrorist organisations, according to Cyacomb, the Edinburgh firm behind it.
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