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.
QinetiQ puts £20m into laser weapon development
QinetiQ is investing £20m to accelerate development and production of high-energy laser technology, unveiling its HELENA laser source at Farnborough as it expands capacity for directed energy weapons.
US approves Switchblade drone sale to Greece
The United States has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of Switchblade loitering munitions to Greece, the U.S. State Department stated.
Sikorsky’s Nomad 100 drone completes first flight tests
Sikorsky has finished initial ground and flight testing of its Nomad 100 uncrewed aircraft, a rotor-blown-wing design flown under DARPA's EVADE programme and marking the company's entry into the drone market.
NCA seizes 25 smuggling boats and engines at Felixstowe
At least 25 inflatable boats and 25 outboard engines bound for Channel people-smuggling gangs have been seized at Felixstowe, in what the National Crime Agency believes is the first bulk consignment of its kind intercepted in the UK.
Carrier crew reflect on three months on the Northern Flank
With HMS Prince of Wales home in Portsmouth, junior members of her ship's company have looked back on a three-month deployment that took in encounters with Russian aircraft, first deployments and long weeks away.
Rolls-Royce to support French-German C-130J engines
The company has signed a subcontract with Sabena technics to provide MissionCare engine sustainment for the binational squadron's ten C-130J and KC-130J aircraft at Évreux until December 2030.
Romania shoots down second drone in two days
An F-16 brought down another drone over the Danube Delta on Saturday morning, a day after Romania destroyed an intruder in its airspace for the first time.
Carrier jets guarded Arctic skies against Russian aircraft
HMS Prince of Wales is back in Portsmouth after three months on NATO's Northern Flank, with F-35Bs reaching as far as Poland.
Iran declares RAF base in England a ‘legitimate target’
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has named RAF Fairford as a legitimate target, after American B-1 bombers flew missions against Iran from the Gloucestershire airfield.
River-class Batch 1 patrol ships still to bow out in 2028
The Ministry of Defence has reconfirmed that the Royal Navy's Batch 1 River-class offshore patrol vessels will leave service in 2028.
