NATO surveillance drone flies 25 hour mission
A NATO RQ-4D Phoenix has returned to Sigonella in Sicily after a sortie lasting around 25 hours, most of it flown without appearing on public flight tracking.
US targets 1,000-plus Tomahawks a year
Raytheon has received a seven-year contract worth $22.9 billion to sharply increase Tomahawk cruise missile production, with annual output planned to rise above 1,000 weapons for the US Navy and allied customers.
CIA chief was aboard mystery US C-17 flight to Moscow
We now know why a US Air Force C-17 landed in Moscow today, CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard the aircraft for meetings in the Russian capital.
US Air Force C-17 makes unusual flight to Moscow
A US Air Force C-17 has flown from Riga to Moscow after arriving in Latvia from Joint Base Andrews, in an unusual American military air movement whose purpose has not been publicly explained.
UK forces to deploy to Jan Mayen for Arctic operation
Royal Marines and RAF personnel will deploy to the remote Norwegian island of Jan Mayen alongside US and Norwegian forces for an Arctic operation combining sensors, command networks and long-range fires.
NATO warships train to defend GIUK Gap
NATO warships, minehunters and specialist teams are exercising around Iceland as Northern Viking 26 tests the defence of the strategically important sea routes linking North America and Europe.
NATO outnumbers Russia at sea as Mediterranean presence ends
Russia has had no naval presence in the Mediterranean since June, the first time in a decade, and allied warships in European waters now outnumber Russian vessels by roughly three to one, a NATO official has told the UK Defence Journal.
Royal Navy urged to build Hybrid Navy operating system
The Royal Navy’s Hybrid Navy must be built around an integrated digital ecosystem rather than simply a new fleet of uncrewed vessels, Commodore (Ret’d) Steve Prest, RUSI Associate Fellow in Military Sciences, argues.
Putin adviser raises attacks on British drone factories
An adviser to Putin has said British factories could be attacked by what he called unknown sources, as part of a possible Russian response to UK military support for Kyiv.
Man in Bristol convicted over bid to join Islamic State
A 22-year-old man living in Bristol has been convicted of preparing acts of terrorism after travelling to Somalia with the intention of joining Daesh, following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East.
