Rheinmetall lands huge Romania deal for Lynx, Skyranger
Rheinmetall says it has signed a EUR 5.7bn order to supply Romania with Lynx armoured vehicles, Skyranger air defence systems, ammunition and four small warships, funded through the EU SAFE defence finance mechanism.
Returns of 2014 service leavers fell after 2016 peak
New Ministry of Defence figures, released to Defence Committee chair Tan Dhesi, show how many personnel who left the trained regular forces in 2014 later rejoined.
Rheinmetall sells off civilian arm to focus on defence
Rheinmetall has finalised its long-trailed exit from the automotive supplier business, agreeing to sell its civilian Power Systems division to the Munich industrial group AEQUITA for a provisional 350 million euros.
NATO holds huge medical drill in Estonia
Estonia is hosting Vigorous Warrior 2026, NATO's largest multinational military medical exercise, a fortnight-long rehearsal of how the alliance would treat and evacuate the wounded in a full-blown conflict.
Romanian Navy official loses fingers to Shield AI V-BAT
A Romanian Navy official lost two fingers when her hand was caught in the propeller of a V-BAT drone during a training exercise on a boat off the Texas coast last month, in an incident that has come to light only as part of a broader investigation by Reuters.
Irish alumina factory accused of supplying Russia’s war
Aughinish Alumina, Europe's largest alumina refinery, has become the focus of mounting political pressure after an investigation linked material from the Irish plant to the supply chain feeding Russia's arms industry.
Kyiv puts Russia’s road to Crimea under fire
A month of what Ukraine calls "middle-strike" operations has brought Russia's main overland supply route to occupied Crimea and its logistics network across occupied Luhansk under sustained drone fire.
Why are all of Britain’s attack submarines in port?
Britain's force of attack submarines is all in port at the same time, the latest low point in an availability problem that has plagued the fleet for years, but what is going on?
Meet Katran X1.2, Ukraine’s swarming drone carrier
MAC HUB's Katran X1.2 is an uncrewed surface vessel built to act as a "mother ship" for swarms of AI-guided interceptor drones, hunting Shaheds at sea.
Forces recruitment turns a corner but cause unclear, MPs say
More people are now joining the armed forces than leaving for the first time in years but the Ministry of Defence does not know whether its own measures drove the improvement or whether it can be sustained.
