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MGI Engineering unveils Vortex drone for StormFighter bid

Oxfordshire firm MGI Engineering has launched the T-022 Vortex, a near-supersonic autonomous combat aircraft it is pitching at the RAF's StormFighter requirement, priced at £3m to £6m per airframe.
Three silhouetted fighter jets fly in formation across a clear blue sky, with faint reflections below on the water surface.

Romania shoots down second drone in two days

An F-16 brought down another drone over the Danube Delta on Saturday morning, a day after Romania destroyed an intruder in its airspace for the first time.

UK exposes Russian ‘zero-click’ campaign stealing emails

Security Minister Dan Jarvis said Russian state-supported hackers had "tested their methods on victims in Ukraine, before targeting members of NATO", as the NCSC and 15 partner nations exposed the LAUNDRY BEAR group.

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NCA seizes 25 smuggling boats and engines at Felixstowe

At least 25 inflatable boats and 25 outboard engines bound for Channel people-smuggling gangs have been seized at Felixstowe, in what the National Crime Agency believes is the first bulk consignment of its kind intercepted in the UK.

Carrier crew reflect on three months on the Northern Flank

With HMS Prince of Wales home in Portsmouth, junior members of her ship's company have looked back on a three-month deployment that took in encounters with Russian aircraft, first deployments and long weeks away.
Construction site: a large steel-framed warehouse under a curved roof with white fabric walls against a blue sky.

New building rises at Navantia’s Methil yard in Fife

Construction of a new covered facility is under way at Methil as part of Navantia UK's £157m investment programme, with the Fife yard's workforce having grown to more than 260 as it takes on a major export order.
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Fleet of NATO warships arrives on the Clyde

Warships from NATO's Standing Maritime Group One have arrived on the River Clyde in Glasgow.
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Ukrainian fleet trains with NATO off English coast

Five Ukrainian minehunters donated by Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands have spent a fortnight off Portland learning to clear sea mines alongside NATO allies.

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Military aid requested for raging Scottish wildfire

First Minister of Scotland John Swinney has requested military aerial support from the UK Government to help tackle the Cairngorms wildfire, now in its 11th day, as a major incident remains in place and residents are evacuated from Nethy Bridge.
Three-rotor unmanned aircraft mounted on a test stand with supporting cables on a runway and a tree line in the background.

Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 drone completes first flight tests

Sikorsky has finished initial ground and flight testing of its Nomad 100 uncrewed aircraft, a rotor-blown-wing design flown under DARPA's EVADE programme and marking the company's entry into the drone market.

Rolls-Royce to support French-German C-130J engines

The company has signed a subcontract with Sabena technics to provide MissionCare engine sustainment for the binational squadron's ten C-130J and KC-130J aircraft at Évreux until December 2030.
Unmanned military drone taxiing on a runway with a control tower and desert mountains in the background.

MGI Engineering unveils Vortex drone for StormFighter bid

Oxfordshire firm MGI Engineering has launched the T-022 Vortex, a near-supersonic autonomous combat aircraft it is pitching at the RAF's StormFighter requirement, priced at £3m to £6m per airframe.
Three silhouetted fighter jets fly in formation across a clear blue sky, with faint reflections below on the water surface.

Romania shoots down second drone in two days

An F-16 brought down another drone over the Danube Delta on Saturday morning, a day after Romania destroyed an intruder in its airspace for the first time.

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Aerial view of a university campus at sunset: central circular building surrounded by modern brick dorms, athletic fields, and parking lots.

Man jailed over reconnaissance at UK military academy

Mohammed Asim Bashir has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years after scouting the UK Defence Academy alongside the man who later attacked the Heaton Park synagogue.

UK exposes Russian ‘zero-click’ campaign stealing emails

Security Minister Dan Jarvis said Russian state-supported hackers had "tested their methods on victims in Ukraine, before targeting members of NATO", as the NCSC and 15 partner nations exposed the LAUNDRY BEAR group.

British general takes command of Ukraine force

A senior British officer has taken command of the multinational force that would deploy to Ukraine once hostilities end.
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Man jailed after explosives guides found on phone

Abdullah bin Yassir, 23, has been jailed for two and a half years after detectives found documents setting out how to manufacture explosives, alongside other Islamist terrorist material, on his digital devices.

Man jailed over far-right plot after online radicalisation

Alfie Coleman, 22, has been jailed for 13 and a half years for planning an extreme right-wing terrorist attack, arrested moments after buying a pistol and ammunition from undercover operatives in a Stratford car park.

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