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NATO turns drone Task Force X to the Arctic
NATO has launched Task Force X-Arctic, an eighteen-month run of trials off Iceland testing whether networked uncrewed systems can deliver persistent watch over the High North, extending a model first tried in the Baltic.
QinetiQ boosts UK mine-hunting drone testing at Portland
QinetiQ has installed a new six-metre water tank at MOD Portland Bill to measure the magnetic signatures of the uncrewed mine-hunting vessels Britain is bringing into service.
Britain’s new battle tank pushes through trials
RBSL says its Challenger 3 trial tanks have been driven hard across country, run on roads and exercised through gunnery and full crew drills in recent Battlefield Mission serials.
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NATO kicks off huge BALTOPS drill to deter Russia
Around 6,000 troops from 15 NATO nations and a 20-ship task force have set sail from Gdynia for BALTOPS 2026, the alliance's biggest annual Baltic exercise.
NATO turns drone Task Force X to the Arctic
NATO has launched Task Force X-Arctic, an eighteen-month run of trials off Iceland testing whether networked uncrewed systems can deliver persistent watch over the High North, extending a model first tried in the Baltic.
Why the Type 31 frigate suits a modern navy
The Inspiration class is a low-risk and adaptable design that suits the warfare the Royal Navy now expects, and several allied navies have chosen the same hull for themselves.
Irish alumina factory accused of supplying Russia’s war
Aughinish Alumina, Europe's largest alumina refinery, has become the focus of mounting political pressure after an investigation linked material from the Irish plant to the supply chain feeding Russia's arms industry.
Why are all of Britain’s attack submarines in port?
Britain's force of attack submarines is all in port at the same time, the latest low point in an availability problem that has plagued the fleet for years, but what is going on?
AVIATION NEWS
British firms named in UK huge Ukraine drone deal
The majority of the United Kingdom's largest-ever drone package for Ukraine, set to deliver at least 120,000 drones this year, will be spent with British firms.
Iran war hits UK deliveries of US-made munitions
The conflict in Iran has changed the delivery schedules of some US-manufactured munitions destined for the British armed forces, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament.
Dozens of RAF fast jet trainees stuck in pipeline
Around two in five of the 119 trainee fast jet pilots in the RAF's pipeline are on holdover between courses or waiting to start their operational conversion unit, fresh MoD figures show.
Red Arrows Hawk T1 fleet running low on fatigue life
Fourteen of the twenty-four Hawk T1 jets still on the books of the Royal Air Force have used up more than eighty per cent of their fatigue index, the Ministry of Defence has said.
Britain pauses plan to militarise VIP transport jets
Britain's plan to put its two Falcon 900LX ministerial jets onto the Military Aircraft Register and to fit them with the defensive countermeasures needed for dangerous airspace has been paused while other work takes priority.
LAND NEWS
Britain’s ‘improved Ajax’ coming in two phases
The Ministry of Defence will restart trials of the British Army's troubled Ajax armoured vehicle under tightly controlled conditions, with a second phase of fixes to air filtration, crew heating and electrical power due within months.
Britain’s new battle tank pushes through trials
RBSL says its Challenger 3 trial tanks have been driven hard across country, run on roads and exercised through gunnery and full crew drills in recent Battlefield Mission serials.
Rheinmetall lands huge Romania deal for Lynx, Skyranger
Rheinmetall says it has signed a EUR 5.7bn order to supply Romania with Lynx armoured vehicles, Skyranger air defence systems, ammunition and four small warships, funded through the EU SAFE defence finance mechanism.
Returns of 2014 service leavers fell after 2016 peak
New Ministry of Defence figures, released to Defence Committee chair Tan Dhesi, show how many personnel who left the trained regular forces in 2014 later rejoined.
NATO holds huge medical drill in Estonia
Estonia is hosting Vigorous Warrior 2026, NATO's largest multinational military medical exercise, a fortnight-long rehearsal of how the alliance would treat and evacuate the wounded in a full-blown conflict.
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