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Engine for Britain’s next fighter jet moves toward testing

The consortium developing the power and propulsion system for the Global Combat Air Programme has moved a step closer to ground testing its engine demonstrator following a series of design reviews, Rolls-Royce stated.
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Man jailed after explosives guides found on phone

Abdullah bin Yassir, 23, has been jailed for two and a half years after detectives found documents setting out how to manufacture explosives, alongside other Islamist terrorist material, on his digital devices.

Man jailed over far-right plot after online radicalisation

Alfie Coleman, 22, has been jailed for 13 and a half years for planning an extreme right-wing terrorist attack, arrested moments after buying a pistol and ammunition from undercover operatives in a Stratford car park.

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Fleet of NATO warships arrives on the Clyde

Warships from NATO's Standing Maritime Group One have arrived on the River Clyde in Glasgow.
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Ukrainian fleet trains with NATO off English coast

Five Ukrainian minehunters donated by Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands have spent a fortnight off Portland learning to clear sea mines alongside NATO allies.

Carrier jets guarded Arctic skies against Russian aircraft

HMS Prince of Wales is back in Portsmouth after three months on NATO's Northern Flank, with F-35Bs reaching as far as Poland.
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Royal Navy’s last Hunt-class minehunter to go by 2031

The Royal Navy's final Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel is due to leave service in 2031, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed in response to a parliamentary question.
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New commanding officer takes charge of mine warfare group

The Royal Navy's Mine and Threat Exploitation Group has a new commanding officer, with Commander Daniel Herridge handing over to Commander Tim Castrinoyannakis.

AVIATION NEWS

NATO shoots down drone deep inside alliance airspace

An unknown drone came in over the Danube and tracked inland across two Romanian counties before an F-16 put a missile into it above an empty field. Nobody will yet say whose it was.
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Iran declares RAF base in England a ‘legitimate target’

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has named RAF Fairford as a legitimate target, after American B-1 bombers flew missions against Iran from the Gloucestershire airfield.
Top-down view of a futuristic aircraft slicing through blue sky and clouds, glowing propulsion visible along its belly

Engine for Britain’s next fighter jet moves toward testing

The consortium developing the power and propulsion system for the Global Combat Air Programme has moved a step closer to ground testing its engine demonstrator following a series of design reviews, Rolls-Royce stated.

UK orders three more F-35 maintenance staging units

UK orders three more contoured maintenance rigs for the F-35 fleet in a planned direct award to expand concurrent maintenance work safely.
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Britain’s new drone fighter may be carrier capable

A written answer in Parliament links the UK Collaborative Combat Aircraft to the Royal Navy's Hybrid Carrier Air Wing, as industry imagery shows the new drone fighters flying from a carrier deck.

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British general takes command of Ukraine force

A senior British officer has taken command of the multinational force that would deploy to Ukraine once hostilities end.
Facade of a grand neoclassical building with tall columns and a domed tower against a blue sky.

Man jailed after explosives guides found on phone

Abdullah bin Yassir, 23, has been jailed for two and a half years after detectives found documents setting out how to manufacture explosives, alongside other Islamist terrorist material, on his digital devices.

Man jailed over far-right plot after online radicalisation

Alfie Coleman, 22, has been jailed for 13 and a half years for planning an extreme right-wing terrorist attack, arrested moments after buying a pistol and ammunition from undercover operatives in a Stratford car park.

Two jailed over Iran-linked stabbing of UK journalist

Two Romanian men have been jailed for stabbing a journalist in south London in an attack assessed as having been carried out on behalf of or for the benefit of the Iranian regime, Counter Terrorism Policing stated.
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Royal Navy shooters take top UK marksmanship prize with KS1

A combined Royal Marines and Royal Navy team of expert marksmen has won the UK Armed Forces' top prize for shooting for only the fourth time in 117 years, the Royal Navy stated.

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