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We sat down with former MoD Director General Peter Watkins, who co-authored a new Council on Geostrategy report arguing Britain's nuclear posture is dangerously out of date and sets out what needs to change.
Scotland's Secretary of State has welcomed the King's Speech, pointing to defence investment and energy security as central to the legislative programme's relevance for Scotland.
Legislation announced in the King's Speech would give ministers powers to relax existing rules to allow live testing of next gen defence tech.
Babcock has secured authorisation to manufacture submarine assemblies at its shipyard in Scotland for the United States Virginia class submarine programme.
As completion of the lead Type 31 Frigate progresses, rework requirements during outfitting have proven more complex than anticipated, with knock-on effects also identified.
238 transits through UK waters. Zero boardings. CEPA experts warn that unenforced threats actively embolden the actors the West is trying to deter.
Britain has announced its contribution to a multinational mission to secure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, with Defence Secretary John Healey setting out a force package.
The EU has used its anti-circumvention tool against Kyrgyzstan for the first time. But CEPA experts say the real test is whether the same logic will ever be applied to China, the most significant enabler of Russian sanctions evasion.
The DPRTE Scottish Defence Procurement & Supply Chain Summit on 20 May in Glasgow offers Scottish industry a direct route into a sector undergoing significant investment.
The Royal Navy's modular Beehive system, which deploys high-speed autonomous Kraken drone boats, forms part of Britain's announced contribution to the multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most significant operational deployments of the service's emerging autonomous surface capability.
