UK moves ahead with plan to convert Warriors into drones
The government has confirmed that Project ATILLA, the Army’s plan to convert retired Warrior infantry fighting vehicles into optionally crewed minefield-breaching platforms, has now advanced beyond its initial concept work and entered the early stages of commercial competition.
Funding for new munitions factories questioned
The Ministry of Defence is continuing to face questions over the financial underpinnings of its £1.5 billion plan to build six new munitions and energetics factories.
Army specialists rehearse chemical attack response
Scenarios included locating suspect items in buildings and vehicles, rendering them safe, and carrying out forensic recovery while working inside cordoned urban areas.
BAE and GDLS partner to offer Beowulf to Canada
BAE Systems Hägglunds and General Dynamics Land Systems have signed a teaming agreement to propose the Beowulf all terrain vehicle for the Canadian Army’s Domestic Arctic Mobility Enhancement programme.
Proof Scottish pro-Indy account network operated from Iran
Proof from X/Twitter now confirms that prominent independence campaigners, shared widely by unsuspecting users, were in fact operated from inside Iran while posing as Scottish accounts.
Britain lacks dates for defence procurement speed up
Efforts to speed up defence procurement remain undefined as the MOD acknowledges it has set no firm timetable for meeting its accelerated contracting targets.
Ukraine faces ‘loss of dignity or loss of a partner’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a stark address to the nation today, drawing deliberate parallels with his wartime speech on the morning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Denmark orders 44 more CV90 vehicles from BAE Systems
Denmark has ordered 44 additional CV90 MkIIIC infantry fighting vehicles from BAE Systems Hägglunds under a contract valued at about $450 million.
Former Reform UK Wales MEP jailed for pro-Russia bribery
Former Reform UK leader in Wales and ex-MEP Nathan Gill has been jailed for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements, following an investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.
Glasgow rules military statue items inappropriate to return
The decision not to reinstate missing items on military statues in George Square has been confirmed by Glasgow City Council, following concerns raised over whether the figures should appear with their original weapons.
