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The US Navy has sunk the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in a live-fire sinking exercise in the Pacific, using unmanned surface vessels and anti-ship missiles.
BAE Systems has reported a rise in sales, profit and orders for the first half of 2026 and upgraded its full-year guidance across all key financial measures.
Afghans who worked with UK forces were wrongly refused relocation and left facing years of danger, with a data breach described as a foreseeable systemic failure that became part of a wider failure of governance and public trust.
The UK Government has awarded a new £5.9 billion contract to BAE Systems to fund critical work progressing the Royal Navy's Dreadnought Class nuclear deterrent submarines towards entry into service.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has ordered containerised towed-array systems that can be rapidly deployed onto a wide variety of surface vessels, giving the Dutch Navy a way to add anti-submarine sensing to ships not originally designed to carry it.
Twenty-two companies, including British small and medium-sized enterprises, are to receive contracts to carry out feasibility studies on sites for new UK factories producing materials used in munitions.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel, who support Royal Navy operations around the world, are to receive an above-inflationary pay rise and improved conditions.
The government has established the first frameworks under an eight-year open scheme for military-grade tactical communications, worth around £8bn across three lots and admitting close to 100 suppliers.
Police Scotland has asked drone operators not to fly over the Cairngorms wildfire area, warning that unmanned aircraft could interfere with the helicopter water-bombing operation.
Babcock will be the key sponsor of the inaugural Hampshire Air Festival at Thruxton Aerodrome in September, bringing its aerospace and training links, including the RAF Tutor Display Team, to the event.
