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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.

American special forces buy Tekever drones

United States Special Operations Command has bought uncrewed aircraft from Tekever after a programme of validation and acceptance testing backed by training and an extensive flight programme at several locations.

Atlas drops seven hundred paratroopers into Germany

Around seven hundred paratroopers have been dropped onto a German drop zone from four Atlas C1 transports across multiple waves.

Anduril unveils family of air defence interceptors

Anduril has revealed Steelfin, a family of surface-to-air interceptor missiles built on a common two-stage architecture so that one production line can turn out versions for everything from point defence to upper-tier ballistic missile defence.

Army drone deal widened to cover heavier aircraft

The Ministry of Defence intends to raise the maximum take-off weight allowed under the British Army's mini drone contract from twenty kilograms to fifty.
Solar-powered boat with a large solar sail, number 715 and a red kangaroo logo, cruising near Sydney Harbour Bridge with a city skyline in the background.

Bluebottle maker opens Sydney plant for forty vessels

Ocius Technology has opened an engineering, production and maintenance hub for its Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessels in Sydney, together with a round-the-clock global operations centre.

Review under way on array that detects nuclear tests

An independent review has been commissioned into ways of reducing the ground vibration reaching the Eskdalemuir seismic array.
Wheeled armored vehicle driving along a dirt road, kicking up a cloud of dust with crew visible in the open hatchs atop the vehicle.

All Boxers built to one standard, says minister

All 623 Boxers are being delivered to a common build standard, which has made variant and build configuration effectively the same thing.

Britain and France to lead Hormuz transit mission

Britain is co-leading planning with France for a Multinational Military Mission intended to give commercial shipping safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

Sealift outline case due this financial year

The Strategic Outline Case for the Strategic Sealift Future programme, which will decide how Britain replaces the ships that move the Army's heavy equipment, is intended to be completed before the end of this financial year.

Britain and Germany review joint strike programme

Luke Pollard hosted the German State Secretary for Armament and Innovation at Lancaster House for talks covering Deep Precision Strike and wider defence industrial cooperation.