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Navantia UK has installed a new plasma cutting line at its Methil yard in Fife as part of a GBP 27 million investment in the site, with the shipbuilder reporting a growing workforce and a recently delivered transport barge for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter has come down in a field near Sourton in Devon in the early hours of Wednesday, prompting a large emergency services response.
The Ministry of Defence's immediate focus is finalising the integration of the SPEAR 3 missile onto the F-35B, Defence Minister Luke Pollard has said.
In an age of platforms and sensors, Affinity's Iain Chalmers argues that credible air power still rests on the unglamorous fundamentals: disciplined training, airworthiness and well-developed people.
The Royal Navy will still receive all eight Type 26 frigates despite build slots being offered to Norway, Minister Luke Pollard has told Parliament, as the two countries work toward a combined fleet of 13 vessels.
The government has listed shipbuilding among the sectors marked for priority procurement reform, a change the Ministry of Defence says will direct more contracts to British shipyards.
Opening a Westminster Hall debate on national emergencies, Graeme Downie argued the UK must treat resilience as a constant, society-wide effort and be far more honest with the public about the scale of the threats it faces.
Saab has presented the first Gripen F, the two-seat version of its Gripen E fighter, developed with Brazilian industry and rolled out at the company's facilities in Linköping ahead of a flight test campaign.
Leonardo's Seaspray radar has been selected to equip aircraft providing aerial surveillance for Australia's border and maritime agencies, fitted to a fleet operated on the government's behalf by services provider Metrea.
The UK and France are leading a multinational effort involving more than 40 countries to protect merchant shipping around the Strait of Hormuz, with Britain committing HMS Dragon, Typhoon jets, autonomous mine-hunting kit and counter-drone systems to a planned defensive mission.
