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Three British SMEs will develop low-cost air defence effectors under a five-nation programme, with the UK the first partner to put suppliers on contract.
A two-thirds rise in a decade takes the combined sectors past £46 billion in value added, with defence turnover up 66 per cent, new figures show.
The Navantia UK Appledore shipyard say they can build two LASV75 autonomous vessels at once.
Cables cut in the Baltic, Russian ships over UK pipelines. The underwater battlespace is back, writes Tim O'Neill of BAE Systems, and subsea communications are the weak link.
Eight defence technology companies working in contested electromagnetic environments have completed the first phase of NATO's DIANA accelerator programme through its UK hub.
Luke Pollard told MPs the Common Combat Vessel could sit in a Type 31-style production facility, and with the Clyde full of Type 26s for the time being, Rosyth looks likely.
Luke Pollard told MPs Britain will build the Netherlands' four amphibious ships as well as the Royal Navy's four, calling it an export campaign win.
The next batch of F-35 jets for the UK, including all 12 F-35As, will not begin arriving until the early 2030s.
Ministers say a regulatory sandbox in the Regulating for Growth Bill would greatly help test uncrewed systems, as a review of the rules continues.
Funding has been set aside to replace the Royal Navy's Antarctic patrol ship, but the MOD says the procurement method is still undecided.
