Royal Regiment of Scotland performs guard of honour

Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland performed the guard of honour for the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Yellow maintenance locomotive on a London Underground platform at Charing Cross, with green wall tiles and passengers in the background.

British Army runs NATO corps HQ in London Tube station

Hundreds of British Army soldiers have been running a major NATO command post exercise from a disused platform at Charing Cross Underground Station in central London.

BAE Bofors completes acquisition of Swedish machining firm

BAE Systems Bofors has completed its acquisition of Aston Harald Mekaniska Verkstad AB, a Swedish precision mechanics and component machining specialist.
Promotional banner with a torn white strip revealing blue CMV letters on a red background and the slogan 'Same you. New uniform.'

New magazine launching to serve the UK veteran community

Civvy is a word every veteran knows instantly, and it's the word that the founders of a new quarterly magazine launching this month want to plant like a flag.
Two black tracked robots with antennas sit in a tall-grass field, one foreground and one in the background, labeled XRC Robotics.

Army awards first fast-tracked UGV contract to UK startup

Windsor-based XRC Robotics has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence for its RHINO uncrewed ground vehicle, in what the company describes as the first time the UK has fast-tracked a robotic platform into frontline experimentation programmes.

NATO chief raises Hormuz and defence spending in Helsingborg

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned that Russia is becoming more reckless and dangerous as its military performance in Ukraine weakens, speaking after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Helsingborg.
Five panelists seated on stage during the Scottish Defence Procurement & Supply Chain Summit 2026, blue-lit backdrop with sponsor logos.

DPRTE Scotland shows SMEs how to win defence contracts

A Scottish defence cluster is coming, contracts take years to win, and the time to engage is now. Scottish SMEs got the answers they needed at #SDS26. #DPRTE
Abstract blue industrial scene with cranes and a ship silhouette, overlaid by diagonal light streaks and color bands.

Scottish Government yet to respond on defence college

The Scottish Government has still not responded to a request from the Ministry of Defence for match-funding to establish two Defence Technical Excellence Colleges in Scotland.

Britain’s new howitzers to begin arriving in two years

The British Army's 72 new RCH 155 self-propelled howitzers will be delivered individually rather than in tranches, with deliveries scheduled to take place between 2028 and 2032.
Armored tank moves across a dusty field with trees behind it and a blue sky above; smoke rises from the tracks as it advances.

Britain’s new battle tank completes mission trials

The trial platforms operated in representative conditions across a range of activities including cross-country mobility, road running, gunnery equipment operation, and full crew drills.