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Firms queue for Ukraine’s captured Russian weapons data
Ukraine has received more than 650 applications to register on TrophyLab, its web portal for the study of captured Russian equipment, of which 389 came from foreign defence manufacturers.
No estimate given for Achilles delay after dock fire
The Ministry of Defence has declined to estimate how far the completion of the submarine HMS Achilles has slipped as a result of the...
Iron Duke refit cost a hundred million before withdrawal
The life extension programme for HMS Iron Duke cost £102.9 million and ran for 208 weeks between May 2019 and May 2023, and a further £4.7 million was spent on a towed sonar array conversion that was then cancelled.
NAVAL NEWS
The Russian shipyards Britain has placed under sanctions
Britain has designated Russia's largest shipbuilding corporation on the grounds that it supplied frigates and other warship classes deployed in Crimea, and the sanctions list now names 645 individual ships under the Russia regulations.
Britain yet to fill twenty-seven posts at Norfolk command
Britain has taken command of NATO's Atlantic headquarters with twenty-seven of its own seventy-one posts there still unfilled, and the Ministry of Defence does not expect to complete them until the end of 2027.
Ukraine’s Delta system proves NATO compatible at sea
Ukrainian personnel ran maritime operations through the Delta combat system at NATO's REPMUS 2026 exercise in Portugal, integrating every asset transmitting data to NATO standards.
No estimate given for Achilles delay after dock fire
The Ministry of Defence has declined to estimate how far the completion of the submarine HMS Achilles has slipped as a result of the...
Iron Duke refit cost a hundred million before withdrawal
The life extension programme for HMS Iron Duke cost £102.9 million and ran for 208 weeks between May 2019 and May 2023, and a further £4.7 million was spent on a towed sonar array conversion that was then cancelled.
AVIATION NEWS
No new outsourcing at Fylingdales, minister says
The Ministry of Defence has refused to publish a risk assessment of private sector involvement in running the Solid State Phased Array Radar at RAF Fylingdales, saying the recent contract activity continues arrangements that have been in place for years.
Britain puts millions into protecting military sites
An additional £470 million is being spent on improving the security of critical military sites across Britain, alongside £240 million for an enhanced counter-drone system called Project PRESAGIUM.
Firms queue for Ukraine’s captured Russian weapons data
Ukraine has received more than 650 applications to register on TrophyLab, its web portal for the study of captured Russian equipment, of which 389 came from foreign defence manufacturers.
Ukraine downed four thousand seven hundred air targets
Ukrainian air defences destroyed more than 4,700 drones and missiles during September while repelling large-scale Russian attacks, and neutralised more than 48,000 tactical uncrewed aerial vehicles over the same month.
World’s first fielded laser downs drones in Korea test
A South Korean laser air defence weapon destroyed all three target drones put up against it during a Republic of Korea Army exercise, at a cost the manufacturer puts at around one dollar fifty a shot.
LAND NEWS
Defence to find ten billion in savings by decade’s end
The Ministry of Defence must deliver £10.7 billion of efficiencies over four years, with the annual target rising from £1.4 billion this year to £3.5 billion by 2028-29.
Warrior disposal dates withheld on security grounds
The Ministry of Defence has refused to say when each of the seventy-eight Warrior infantry fighting vehicles removed from the fleet in the past year was disposed of.
Britain aims to restart Canada training next spring
The Ministry of Defence is working towards starting the British Army Training Unit Suffield commitment in April 2027, and funding is still being allocated through the department's planning cycle.
Defence to automate a fifth of its back-office functions
The Ministry of Defence is committed to automating at least twenty per cent of its Human Resources functions by July 2028 and to moving Regular personnel out of administrative work and into front-line roles.
Britain too slow to blame Russia for attacks
Britain is too slow to attribute blame where it lies with Russia and the delay is leaving companies supplying Ukraine without the warning they need warns Graeme Downie MP.
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