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UK to expand drone testing across Canadian prairie base

The British Army's sprawling training area in Canada is to become a major testing ground for uncrewed systems, with new investment enabling drone activity across 2,700 square kilometres of prairie.
Two digital-camouflage stealth jets flying over patchwork fields, viewed from above, with contrails behind them.

Huge contract awarded for new British fighter jet

The programme to deliver Britain's next-generation fighter jet has been awarded a £4.6 billion contract.

British fighters scrambled six times against Russia in 2025

Quick Reaction Alert aircraft launched on six days last year and three so far in 2026, according to figures released to Graeme Downie, the Labour MP for Dunfermline and Dollar.
Unmanned RAF surveillance aircraft on a runway, with two large wings and a light gray fuselage marked 'ROYAL AIR FORCE'.

UK refuses to detail Outdragon spy pod capability

The department withheld information on the signals intelligence pod for operational security, days after it was photographed on a Protector at Akrotiri.

Russia reportedly mapped NATO air defence gaps in drone campaign

An IISS report documents 144 incidents across 13 countries over 15 months, including flights over nuclear sites.
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Strike drone launched from Royal Navy ship for first time

he Nyan One-Way Effector was fired from XV Patrick Blackett off the south coast, with further trials aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth a possibility.

British Army to get 500-mile ballistic missile capability

The Defence Investment Plan funds a ballistic missile capability for the Army as part of a wider package covering deep fires, drones and recce strike.

UK weapon built for Ukraine could join British arsenal

A senior defence official says the low-cost strike weapon developed under Project Brakestop could be in the UK inventory "very soon".

UK axes Meteor upgrade in favour of new FASE missile

The MOD has dropped the planned Meteor mid-life upgrade, shifting investment to the Future Air Superiority Effectors programme.

Officer wins Churchill Fellowship for drone defence work

Jack Venables, a police officer seconded to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, has been named a 2026 Churchill Fellow and will travel to Canada, Australia and beyond to research new ways of protecting critical national infrastructure from hostile drones.