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A Royal Navy extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, the Excalibur, has launched a US Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo during trials in Scotland.
Six British robotic sailboats are testing a distributed acoustic picket line at REPMUS26, using hydrophones to detect and track underwater targets across a wide area.
The UK is sending an RAF Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft to support Saudi Arabia following renewed Houthi attacks in the region, with the deployment agreed after a request from the Saudi Government.
The United States has agreed a $302 million defence financing loan with Albania to support the modernisation of its armed forces and future purchases...
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office intends to establish a Framework worth an estimated £2.7 billion, gaining access to specialists in areas including stabilisation, counter terrorism, defence support and cyber security.
The keel has been laid for the future USS John E. Kilmer, DDG 134, marking the formal start of assembly of another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the US Navy.
Only one of the two proposed Defence Technical Excellence Colleges in Scotland will go ahead unless the Scottish Government provides match funding.
Defence Equipment and Support has signed a contract with Jeppesen UK for navigation and flight planning services to support the Royal Air Force's E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft.
The Government is aiming to bring forward proposals for new defence readiness legislation later in this Parliament, but has not set a specific date for introducing the measures.
PHASA-35, the solar-powered stratospheric aircraft developed by BAE, has been selected as the flight demo platform for a power beaming technology intended to keep high-altitude aircraft flying through the night and the winter.
