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Navantia UK begins full Fleet Solid Support production
EXCLUSIVE | Navantia UK confirms production is now underway across all UK sites supporting the Royal Navy's new Fleet Solid Support ships.
NATO races to build counter-drone marketplace
The alliance is racing to build a counter-drone marketplace and plans to award the first "innovation badges" to vetted systems by September, as it pushes to get new technology into members' hands. #NATO
DSEI Germany lands top military advisors for 2027 debut
Germany's most senior retired military figures have backed the inaugural DSEI Germany exhibition as Berlin accelerates its push to lead the defence of Europe.
NAVAL NEWS
Thales UK workers ballot for strike action in pay dispute
Three hundred Thales UK workers at Govan and Reading have rejected a pay offer below inflation and are being balloted for strike action, with the ballot closing on 23 June.
SYOS unveils underwater drone to complete multi-domain portfolio
SYOS has introduced the SU10 uncrewed underwater vehicle, extending its autonomous portfolio from air, land and sea into the subsurface domain.
Navantia UK begins full Fleet Solid Support production
EXCLUSIVE | Navantia UK confirms production is now underway across all UK sites supporting the Royal Navy's new Fleet Solid Support ships.
Royal Navy divers clear WWII ordnance in Baltic exercise
Royal Navy divers have been working with NATO allies to clear historic unexploded ordnance from the Gulf of Riga during Exercise Open Spirit.
Babcock signs five-year engineering deal with AtkinsRealis
Babcock has entered a five-year engineering framework agreement with AtkinsRéalis to support critical UK defence and submarine programmes. #CNE2026
AVIATION NEWS
NATO looks to civil industry to scale drone production
Tarja Jaakkola, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments said that NATO will matchmake defence startups with civilian manufacturers to solve a production capacity gap.
Latvia drone range pushing NATO industry to meet reality
Major Modris Kairišs, Head of Latvia's Autonomous Systems Competence Centre, said ahead of #DroneSummit2026 that European counter-drone companies are falling behind battlefield realities.
NATO accelerates counter-drone testing and capacity
Tarja Jaakkola, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Industry, Innovation and Armaments, told #DroneSummit2026 that the alliance is speeding up and scaling up counter-drone capabilities.
Carns warns NATO must rewire for drone war at Riga summit
UK Armed Forces Minister Al Carns told #DroneSummit2026 that NATO must fundamentally restructure around drone warfare, warning that Europe risks failing to learn the lessons of Ukraine
RAF scrambles Typhoons north of Shetland
RAF Lossiemouth Typhoons scrambled after an unidentified aircraft was detected heading down the Norwegian coast toward UK airspace.
LAND NEWS
DSEI Germany lands top military advisors for 2027 debut
Germany's most senior retired military figures have backed the inaugural DSEI Germany exhibition as Berlin accelerates its push to lead the defence of Europe.
Royal Regiment of Scotland performs guard of honour
Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland performed the guard of honour for the opening of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
British Army runs NATO corps HQ in London Tube station
Hundreds of British Army soldiers have been running a major NATO command post exercise from a disused platform at Charing Cross Underground Station in central London.
BAE Bofors completes acquisition of Swedish machining firm
BAE Systems Bofors has completed its acquisition of Aston Harald Mekaniska Verkstad AB, a Swedish precision mechanics and component machining specialist.
New magazine launching to serve the UK veteran community
Civvy is a word every veteran knows instantly, and it's the word that the founders of a new quarterly magazine launching this month want to plant like a flag.
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