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Craig Langford

Craig Langford
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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.

US attack submarine output still short of Navy goal

The US Navy has bought forty-one Virginia class attack submarines since 1998 and has funded most of them at a rate of two boats a year, but the two American nuclear shipyards have never delivered at that pace.

First Hunter-class frigate keel laid in Australia

BAE Systems Australia has laid the keel of NUSHIP Hunter, the first of Australia’s new Type 26 frigate-derived Hunter-class anti-submarine warfare vessels.

Britain clears Storm Shadow missile assembly in Ukraine

Britain has approved the release of classified UK missile technology to help France and Ukraine establish local assembly of the Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile.

Munitions jobs jump by half as Britain rebuilds stocks

Jobs supported by defence spending on weapons and ammunition manufacturing rose by 51 per cent across the United Kingdom in 2024/25, according to figures published by the Ministry of Defence.
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RUSI questions core principle of UK targeting project

A principle set out by the team building Britain's Digital Targeting Web fundamentally misunderstands the purpose of safeguards, according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute, which warns that legal and ethical checks cannot speed up a targeting cycle.

Saab unveils stealthy drone concept to fly with Gripen

The concept aircraft, designated A3-001, is being shown at the Jubilee Air Show at Malmen Air Base in Linköping.

Local MSP turns blame on Ferguson Marine management

The SNP MSP for Inverclyde has questioned why management at Ferguson Marine failed to secure additional work, describing the announcement of job losses at the Port Glasgow yard as a wake-up call for the company's leadership.
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Bildt says Baltic aggression would expose Kaliningrad

Carl Bildt has said that any Russian aggression in the Baltic would immediately affect the security of Kaliningrad, referencing the concentration of NATO aircraft that has operated around the exclave over the past week.

Shipbuilding now two thirds of Scotland’s defence jobs

Shipbuilding and submarine work accounted for 7,900 of the 12,200 jobs supported by Ministry of Defence spending with industry in Scotland in 2024/25, according to official statistics published on Friday.

Union says Scot Gov have betrayed Ferguson workforce

GMB Scotland has called job losses at Ferguson Marine a betrayal of a blameless workforce, blaming ministers for failing to deliver new contracts while sending shipbuilding work overseas.