Britain to speed up submarine maintenance with 3D printing

QinetiQ is to install an additive manufacturing facility at HM Naval Base Clyde capable of producing submarine components on demand at the dockside.

Glasgow Prestwick Airport works for Voyager tankers complete

Lagan Airport Maintenance has completed works at Glasgow Prestwick to host the RAF Voyager fleet under Project MACE, with the first Voyager arriving earlier this month while Brize Norton undergoes resurfacing.
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The plan to plug UK industry into Ukraine’s war tech

A Westminster roundtable hosted by Graeme Downie MP set out to turn Ukraine's battlefield innovation into a lasting UK partnership, pressing the case for a defence corridor to channel industry, investment and IP between the two countries.
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Images show large warships being built in Glasgow

New images show first two Type 26 frigates HMS Glasgow and HMS Cardiff progressing in parallel, with Glasgow closing in on sea trials and Cardiff afloat following her flood-up earlier this year.

GCAP door open to new partners after FCAS collapse

The Ministry of Defence has reiterated that the Global Combat Air Programme remains open in principle to additional partner nations, in a written answer to a parliamentary question prompted by the cancellation of the rival Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System.
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easyJet awarded Bronze ERS status in Armed Forces Week flight

easyJet has been awarded Bronze status under the MoD's Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, with the certificate presented at 20,000 feet on a London Luton to Jersey flight operated by reservist and veteran crew during Armed Forces Week.
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100th Boxer vehicle delivered to British Army

The hundredth Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle has been delivered to the British Army.

UK should lead Europe as US looks east, think tank says

The United Kingdom should assume primary strategic leadership over Euro-Atlantic security as the United States rebalances its resources toward the Indo-Pacific, according to a new report by the Council on Geostrategy.

New British attack sub set to leave Barrow by end of year

The Royal Navy's sixth Astute class attack submarine, HMS Agamemnon, is in the final stages of commissioning and is expected to depart Barrow-in-Furness to begin sea trials by the end of 2026.

New British destroyer ‘underdeveloped concept’

Only around GBP 1 million has been spent on platform-specific design work for the Royal Navy's planned Type 83 destroyer over the past three financial years.