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Britain and Poland have signed a landmark defence treaty promising to defend each other by military means, with both nations naming Russia as the most significant long-term threat to European security.
Republican Congressman Don Bacon told #DroneSummit2026 that support for Ukraine is bipartisan in Congress, and that the current moment is a Churchill or Chamberlain choice.
Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer told #DroneSummit2026 that if NATO's 32 nations cannot outproduce Russia, "frankly we should be shot."
The Royal Navy's uncrewed mine-hunting vessel RNMB Ariadne has successfully docked inside mothership RFA Lyme Bay for the first time.
The government has confirmed that the British Army's Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 programme will deliver a Minimum Deployable Capability within this decade.
Tarja Jaakkola, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments said that NATO will matchmake defence startups with civilian manufacturers to solve a production capacity gap.
Three hundred Thales UK workers at Govan and Reading have rejected a pay offer below inflation and are being balloted for strike action, with the ballot closing on 23 June.
Major Modris Kairišs, Head of Latvia's Autonomous Systems Competence Centre, said ahead of #DroneSummit2026 that European counter-drone companies are falling behind battlefield realities.
Tarja Jaakkola, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments, told #DroneSummit2026 that the alliance is speeding up and scaling up counter-drone capabilities.
UK Armed Forces Minister Al Carns told #DroneSummit2026 that NATO must fundamentally restructure around drone warfare, warning that Europe risks failing to learn the lessons of Ukraine
