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Kyiv defence business centre to open, minister says
Answering questions on the UK/EU-Ukraine Defence Innovation Corridor roundtable, Luke Pollard pointed to a business centre about to open in Kyiv to give British SMEs access to Ukrainian industry.
Man jailed over reconnaissance at UK military academy
Mohammed Asim Bashir has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years after scouting the UK Defence Academy alongside the man who later attacked the Heaton Park synagogue.
Union warns 100 base caretakers could lose jobs and homes
The PCS union says more than 100 military base caretakers face losing their jobs and tied homes under MOD plans to abolish 125 caretaker posts across the reserve estate.
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BAE wins £135m Royal Navy torpedo support contract
The Torpedo Repair and Maintenance contract runs from July 2026 to June 2029 and covers both torpedo weapons in Royal Navy service, carried by submarines, surface warships and maritime patrol aircraft.
Saildrone USV credited in $81m cocaine interdiction
Saildrone says one of its Voyager unmanned surface vehicles directly enabled a US Navy interdiction that seized over $81m of cocaine, as the U.S. Navy awards a $16.3m task order extending the fleet's time on station in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
Six Common Combat Vessels, no design yet, a 2035 deadline
A new paper wants the CCV built on the existing Type 31 design to cut the risk and keep Rosyth working.
American A-10 escorts nuclear missile submarine
The US Navy has released images of an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II escorting the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska on the surface in the Pacific, part of an armed airborne escort exercise.
American assault ship hit by missiles, sinks in Pacific exercise
The US Navy has sunk the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in a live-fire sinking exercise in the Pacific, using unmanned surface vessels and anti-ship missiles fired from a submarine, according to the US Navy.
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Ukraine widens deep strikes to Russian warehousing
Ukraine has expanded its long-range strike campaign to include warehouses belonging to the Russian retail giant Wildberries, an additional target set being prosecuted alongside its continued campaign against Russia's oil system.
Ballistic missiles remain Ukraine’s hardest air threat
Russian ballistic missiles remain by far the primary threat in Russia's deep-strike campaign against Ukraine, driven by shortfalls in Patriot interceptor stocks.
Leonardo in no hurry to sell Hensoldt stake, says CEO
Leonardo is not rushing to dispose of its stake in the German sensor and radar maker Hensoldt, with the possibility of closer cooperation on Eurofighter and the sixth-generation fighter programme among the reasons for holding on, according to the Italian group.
New GCAP fighter jet could enter service two years early
There is a strong push to bring forward the entry into service of the GCAP fighter jet by around two years, and doing so is feasible provided the initial version enters service more gradually, according to Leonardo's chief executive.
Russian missile enters NATO airspace, crashes in Poland
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has condemned the violation of Polish airspace by a Russian missile.
LAND NEWS
Government urged to halt retirement of Warrior
The first of eight recommendations in Britain's Military Deterrence Gaps is that the Government halt the decommissioning of the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle and fund the Warrior Capability Programme, which was part funded and then rejected.
New report warns Britain’s deterrent is being hollowed out
A new 878 Institute paper argues Britain's ability to deter a peer adversary is being eroded by delay, across armour, satellites and the surface fleet.
Kyiv defence business centre to open, minister says
Answering questions on the UK/EU-Ukraine Defence Innovation Corridor roundtable, Luke Pollard pointed to a business centre about to open in Kyiv to give British SMEs access to Ukrainian industry.
Man jailed over reconnaissance at UK military academy
Mohammed Asim Bashir has been given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years after scouting the UK Defence Academy alongside the man who later attacked the Heaton Park synagogue.
Union warns 100 base caretakers could lose jobs and homes
The PCS union says more than 100 military base caretakers face losing their jobs and tied homes under MOD plans to abolish 125 caretaker posts across the reserve estate.
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