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US forces have carried out a wave of strikes against Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets inside Iran, hitting air defence sites, radar systems, maritime assets and other military facilities.
The Ministry of Defence has allocated up to £50 million over four years for field hospital equipment as it seeks to rebuild Defence Medical Services capacity for larger-scale operations.
The Ministry of Defence has pushed back its target for expanding the UK's cadet forces by 30% from 2030 to 2035, while confirming that the funding required to support the planned increase has yet to be finalised.
The Ministry of Defence is yet to confirm exactly which platforms will perform the CASEVAC role between 2027 and 2030.
Serco has been awarded a five-year Ministry of Defence contract to continue operating, maintaining and sustaining the early warning radar at RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire.
Saab UK has delivered Giraffe 1X radar systems to the Royal Air Force for use in counter-drone operations, with the equipment intended to support the detection and tracking of uncrewed aerial systems on deployed operations.
NATO can no longer assume that commercial ships will be available to move forces during conflict, with declining fleets, shortages of seafarers and limited integration with commercial shipping leaving reinforcement plans exposed.
Britain's existing system for requisitioning civilian merchant vessels cannot guarantee that suitable ships and crews will actually be available during a military crisis, according to the Council on Geostrategy.
The United States guarantees access to 60 commercially operated ships for an annual cost equivalent to fewer than five F-35 fighters, a model NATO should consider adopting more widely, according to the Council on Geostrategy.
Western militaries do not currently have an adequate defence against the autonomous drone swarms that could emerge as unmanned warfare moves beyond systems requiring individual human pilots, General David Petraeus has warned.
