Craig Langford
Trained as a mechanical engineer, Craig took an unconventional route into journalism, bringing with him a rare technical precision and analytical depth that continues to set his reporting apart.
BAE wins £135m Royal Navy torpedo support contract
The Torpedo Repair and Maintenance contract runs from July 2026 to June 2029 and covers both torpedo weapons in Royal Navy service, carried by submarines, surface warships and maritime patrol aircraft.
Six Common Combat Vessels, no design yet, a 2035 deadline
A new paper wants the CCV built on the existing Type 31 design to cut the risk and keep Rosyth working.
American assault ship hit by missiles, sinks in Pacific exercise
The US Navy has sunk the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in a live-fire sinking exercise in the Pacific, using unmanned surface vessels and anti-ship missiles fired from a submarine, according to the US Navy.
Royal Navy to continue global port visits, minister confirms
The Royal Navy will continue to deploy warships globally and to exercise navigational rights including innocent passage, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed, following a question about visits such as that made by HMS Medway to Punta Arenas in Chile.
UK bars Chinese suppliers from military vehicle competition
Chinese suppliers have been excluded from a Ministry of Defence competition worth an estimated £2 billion to replace the Armed Forces' Land Rover and Pinzgauer fleets, with the department invoking powers under the Procurement Act 2023.
UK launches huge £2bn Land Rover replacement competition
The Ministry of Defence has formally launched a competition worth an estimated £2 billion to deliver a new Light Mobility Vehicle for the Armed Forces, replacing capabilities currently provided by legacy fleets, including Land Rover and Pinzgauer.
Leonardo weighs options for Iveco truck business after buyout
Leonardo is reassessing what to do with the truck side of the Iveco defence vehicles business it acquired earlier this year, with a possible sale to Rheinmetall now only one option among several and other parties having approached the group.
New warship ‘in initial stages of design’, minister says
The Royal Navy's Common Combat Vessel remains in the initial stages of design, and the aspiration is to sequence its arrival with the out-of-service dates of the Type 45 destroyers in the mid-2030s onwards.
Leonardo in no hurry to sell Hensoldt stake, says CEO
Leonardo is not rushing to dispose of its stake in the German sensor and radar maker Hensoldt, with the possibility of closer cooperation on Eurofighter and the sixth-generation fighter programme among the reasons for holding on, according to the Italian group.
Russian missile enters NATO airspace, crashes in Poland
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has condemned the violation of Polish airspace by a Russian missile.
