Kraken hits £1bn valuation after funding round
The British drone boat maker, whose vessels have been airdropped from an A400M this week, has closed a Series B backed by DTCP and the NATO fund.
New submariner housing takes shape at HM Naval Base Clyde
The final panel has gone into a £166m accommodation project at Faslane, with the first submariner trainee blocks due online later this year.
UK to lead huge deep strike missile effort against Russia
Twelve nations will spend £37bn on missiles able to hit targets 2,000km away, in an announcement Downing Street also published in Russian.
Britain’s new drone command warship hull design to be chosen
The MOD says the Common Combat Vessel will coordinate drones in the air, on the surface and underwater, with hull form options still being explored.
Shipbuilding boom risks another bust, Sweeney warns
A surge in shipbuilding announcements could leave Britain with too many yards, too little sustained work and another damaging boom-and-bust cycle, Paul Sweeney MSP has warned.
At what point does Britain say enough is enough over Russia?
Russia has poisoned British citizens, burned property, hacked hospitals and menaced an aircraft carrier, Graeme Downie told the Commons, and the government still will not say what would cross the threshold.
Babcock takes two national engineering skills awards
The defence company won Large Employer Skills Champion and New Talent Inspiration Programme at the Enginuity Skills Awards 2026.
New British assault ships to enter service in 2030s
The first ship of the planned joint Anglo-Dutch amphibious fleet is intended to enter service in the 2030s, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard has told the House of Commons.
UK quiet on what Russian action would cross threshold
Asked by Graeme Downie MP to define sub-threshold and to say which hostile activities would sit above it, the Ministry of Defence pointed to external reports and declined to elaborate.
Navantia pitches Belfast to build UK amphibious ships
The Harland and Wolff owner says the £98.5m recapitalised yard gives Britain a proven, sovereign capability to build the new UK-Dutch fleet.
