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UK hand at NATO summit weakened by turmoil, experts say
A former NATO intelligence chief warned nations arriving in Ankara below spending targets face a very tough time, as a former Czech foreign minister said leadership churn weakens London's voice.
UK joins NATO project to develop new deep strike missiles
Six allies have launched a project on novel ground-based precision strike, delivering the Ankara announcement trailed at the Defence Investment Plan launch. #Ankara
Defence committee says PM empty-handed at NATO summit
Singh Dhesi MP said the government has not set out a clear path to 3 per cent, let alone 3.5, as Jarvis pointed to the next spending review for the trajectory.
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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.
UK shipyards to build new amphibious ships in huge deal
Britain and the Netherlands will each operate four of the 15,000-tonne vessels, built in UK yards to a Dutch design under a pact signed at Ankara.
Submarine fleet size conditional on Barrow output, MPs told
Delivery of the Royal Navy's next-generation attack submarine fleet is conditional on productivity improvements at the Barrow shipyard, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard has told the House of Commons.
British carrier launches fighter jets to protect NATO
F-35s from HMS Prince of Wales are flying NATO air policing over Iceland, a first for a European carrier, as the UK takes new alliance commands.
Russian Bear buzzes British aircraft carrier in Arctic
Two F-35Bs intercepted the Tu-142 after it passed low and close to the carrier, ignored radio calls and dropped tens of sonobuoys nearby.
AVIATION NEWS
NATO launches Drone Edge with huge counter-drone push
Allies will invest over 40 billion dollars in counter-drone capabilities over five years and train five times as many drone operators by end of 2027.
UK seeks disposable jet engines for low-cost missiles
Project CALLISTO asks industry for affordable single-use engines for munitions and one-way systems, bridging the gap between hobbyist and exquisite.
UK will know of incoming hits but cannot stop most missiles
Britain's investment in homeland missile defence will buy better warning that an attack is coming rather than the means to stop it, General Sir Richard Barrons has said.
UK joins NATO project to develop new deep strike missiles
Six allies have launched a project on novel ground-based precision strike, delivering the Ankara announcement trailed at the Defence Investment Plan launch. #Ankara
UK joins new NATO pooled A400M airlift fleet project
The UK has joined six NATO allies in launching a new multinational project to establish a pooled fleet of A400M transport aircraft.
LAND NEWS
Russia is already challenging NATO, former officials say
Former allied officials said the Baltics are a likely test theatre and that the alliance is being contested constantly below the threshold of war. #CEPA
NATO launches defence raw materials project without the UK
Twelve allies will cooperate on acquiring, storing and managing the critical materials defence production depends on. Britain is not among them.
UK hand at NATO summit weakened by turmoil, experts say
A former NATO intelligence chief warned nations arriving in Ankara below spending targets face a very tough time, as a former Czech foreign minister said leadership churn weakens London's voice.
Defence committee says PM empty-handed at NATO summit
Singh Dhesi MP said the government has not set out a clear path to 3 per cent, let alone 3.5, as Jarvis pointed to the next spending review for the trajectory.
US weapons from tanks to missiles to be built in Europe
American and European defence firms have agreed to produce key US weapons on European soil, a shift NATO called big news for rebuilding allied arsenals.
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