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.
Royal Navy shadowed 61 Russian warships around UK waters
Royal Navy vessels were activated 116 times during 2025-26 to shadow 61 Russian warships and 28 Russian merchant vessels within the United Kingdom's Exclusive Economic Zone, amid a 30% increase in Russian naval activity over the previous two years.
MoD to tender five-year tanker vetting contract
The MoD is preparing to tender a five-year contract for the assurance vetting of ocean tankers carrying its fuel, worth an estimated £87,530 and running from February 2027. Two ships on long-term charter carry most of the requirement.
US posture review could reshape American presence in Europe
Former UK Defence Attaché to Moscow says the real question in the Pentagon's Europe review is not troop numbers, but which military jobs America keeps doing and which Europe must take on itself.
Three tank regiments, 190 tanks needed, 148 on order
Three tank regiments at 56 each, plus 22 for training. That is 190. Challenger 3 will deliver 148. A new paper by Robert Clark puts 3rd Division 42 tanks short and wants the order raised to 198 at £650mn.
AUKUS navies test seabed defence in Exercise Lanternfish
Royal Navy divers and hydrographic specialists have spent six weeks with US and Australian counterparts on Exercise Lanternfish, testing how the AUKUS partners detect and respond to threats to critical undersea infrastructure.
NATO jets scrable to intercept Russian bombers over Baltic
Italian Eurofighters have scrambled from Šiauliai Air Base in Lithuania to intercept two Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, in the first such launch since Italy took over from France.
Airbus pays record £6.4m export controls settlement
Airbus Operations Limited has paid HMRC more than £6.4m after admitting multiple breaches of Strategic Export Controls, the largest compound settlement ever reached for strategic export offences.
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.
