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.
Britain ready to fight over Taiwan says Defence Secretary
Britain's Defence Secretary has stated that the UK is prepared to fight in the Indo-Pacific if necessary.
America’s most powerful carrier enters the Mediterranean
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford, has entered the Mediterranean Sea.
British aircraft carrier attacks ‘massive red killer tomato’
HMS Queen Elizabeth has encountered a dangerous foe at sea, a massive inflatable target known as the "Killer Tomato".
UK accelerates plans for drones to boost carrier air wing
The plan aims to integrate crewed and uncrewed aircraft to increase the combat effectiveness of the Queen Elizabeth-class carriers.
British Commandos storm ferry in Australia
Royal Marines have carried out high-profile anti-terrorism training on a New South Wales ferry in full view of the Sydney Opera House, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
Drone shows British aircraft carrier arrive in Australia
HMS Prince of Wales arrived in Darwin Harbour, marking the first visit to Australia by a Royal Navy aircraft carrier in nearly three decades.
How the UK almost bought American Seahawks over Merlins
Newly declassified records released by The National Archives on Tuesday reveal the full extent of internal government conflict over the future of the Merlin helicopter during the final years of the Thatcher government.
British submarine fires drone from torpedo tube
The Royal Navy has launched uncrewed underwater vehicles from a nuclear attack submarine.
UK decommissions last Trafalgar class nuclear submarine
The Royal Navy has formally retired HMS Triumph, marking the end of a fleet that served at the forefront of British underwater operations for over four decades.