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Royal Mail has unveiled a set of eight Special Stamps showcasing some of the UK military's most iconic jet-powered aircraft, alongside a further four stamps marking the 30th anniversary of the death of jet engine pioneer Sir Frank Whittle.
A combined Royal Marines and Royal Navy team of expert marksmen has won the UK Armed Forces' top prize for shooting for only the fourth time in 117 years, the Royal Navy stated.
Babcock has completed its Jackal 3 delivery programme for the British Army, with the final vehicles rolling off the production line at Devonport in Plymouth.
More than 140 troops from the Royal Bermuda Regiment deployed to the UK for a two-week training exercise designed to sharpen skills, build resilience and strengthen ties with British Army units.
Rolls-Royce has reported a series of propulsion milestones for the UK's future combat air effort, drawing on its Orpheus demonstrator to progress the design of the engine demonstrator for the Global Combat Air Programme.
A new five-year agreement keeps C-17 Globemaster air and ground crew training at Farnborough, safeguarding 30 skilled jobs, as the aircraft marks 25 years in UK service.
The Excalibur Flight Test Aircraft, the UK's flying laboratory for next-generation combat air technologies, has completed its modifications and entered the next stage of flight trials, the Team Tempest partners stated.
Babcock International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with British defence SME Supacat to collaborate on its proposed replacement for the British Army's outgoing Land Rover under the Light Mobility Vehicle competition.
The UK's sovereign Collaborative Combat Aircraft programme, StormFighter, will see a demonstrator fly next year and reach operational service by the end of the decade, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said.
Team Tempest partners say around half of the main structure of the UK's first crewed combat aircraft demonstrator in 40 years is now in final assembly, with the first robotically built component complete.
