Innovation and SMEs – What to expect at DSEI UK 2025
DSEI 2025 marks a turning point: not just bigger, but broader. With dual-use tech, SME-first access, and 100+ innovators across AI, quantum, and space, it’s a defence show re-engineered for a contested, fast-changing world. Director Grant Burgham explains why it matters.
RAF Wedgetail testing and support remains UK-based
Defence Minister Maria Eagle has confirmed that the RAF’s new E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning aircraft is flying under a standard Military Permit To...
UK-EU Defence partnership discussions continue
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed ongoing discussions with the European Union to implement the Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) announced in May, aimed at enhancing interoperability, mobility, and resilience across European and NATO-aligned defence structures.
UK to host expansion of German anti-drone firm Alpine Eagle
A German startup developing what it calls the world’s first airborne counter-drone system has announced plans to expand into the United Kingdom as part of a growing defence technology presence.
British ‘spy plane’ gathers intel on Russian forces
A British RC-135 Rivet Joint, the RAF’s premier signals intelligence aircraft, has once again been deployed on a critical reconnaissance mission over the Black Sea.
Typhoon jobs at Warton secured ‘well into the 2030s’ say Gov
The Ministry of Defence has pointed to rising export orders and long-term investment plans as evidence that Typhoon production at BAE Systems’ Warton facility is secure into the next decade.
Britain edges closer to huge Typhoon jet export to Turkey
The United Kingdom and Turkey have taken a significant step toward a multi-billion-pound export deal for Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.
US nukes deployed to England for first time in over a decade
U.S. nuclear weapons have reportedly returned to British soil, with multiple sources indicating that a number of B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bombs were transferred this week to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.
First E-7 Wedgetail makes debut flypast with Red Arrows
The first British E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft has made its first ever flypast with the Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2025 in Gloucestershire.
RAF Voyager tanker lease costs £6bn since 2008
The average annual cost of the Voyager PFI programme was approximately £353 million per year from 2008 to 2025.
