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Babcock, ACUA Ocean and Frankenburg have signed an MoU to combine launchers, low-cost missiles and uncrewed vessels into a maritime counter-drone concept. #FIA2026
GA-ASI and Kongsberg have passed the first design reviews for putting the stealthy Joint Strike Missile on the MQ-9B.
Anduril has unveiled Thunder, a robotic gunship to fly alongside Apaches, carrying ten Hellfire-class missiles or 76 rockets, with first flight planned for 2027. #FIA2026
Weapons testing for the RAF's Protector is complete, with the Paveway IV bomb and Brimstone 3 missile qualified for the drone after a six-year UK-US effort.
HMS Duncan has carried out live gunnery training while deployed on Arctic Sentry, with the destroyer marking the anniversary of the Royal Navy's Engineering Branch by putting her weapons engineers' work to the test.
Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he recommended that Netanyahu's government help Ukraine and was refused, with Israel saying it did not want to upset Russia,
The contract for the next tranche of Chinooks will be committed through the Strategic Defence Review 2030, Lord Coaker has confirmed.
The 30% expansion of the Cadet Forces recommended by the SDR for 2030 has been pushed back to 2035, the MoD has confirmed, with work under way on delivering the extra 40,000 cadets and a first National Cadets Week set for October.
Collaborative Combat Aircraft are expected to play a key role in Integrated Air and Missile Defence through the 2030s, the MoD has said.
The Royal Navy's new warships could be built at Rosyth, ministers hinted, with local MP Graeme Downie arguing the yard is the only one able to deliver the new ships on schedule.
