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Army to buy heavy wheeled recovery vehicle for Boxer
The Army will procure a Heavy Wheeled Recovery Vehicle to recover Boxer in the field, the order remains at 623 vehicles with more than five hundred being built in Britain.
Eleven of sixteen Protector drones now delivered
Sixteen Protector RG Mk1 air vehicles have been bought for the Royal Air Force and eleven have been delivered into service, with the remainder still in test and evaluation with the manufacturer.
No decision on Palantir role in targeting network
Palantir products are used across the defence digital and data ecosystem and that is expected to continue in some form, but no decisions have been taken on parts of the Digital Targeting Web.
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Sweden sends four Saildrones into the Baltic
Sweden has begun a year-long maritime surveillance mission using four Saildrone Voyager uncrewed surface vessels to support Swedish Navy maritime domain awareness in the Baltic Sea.
Lib Dems want six more frigates and new shipyards
Three more Type 31 frigates, three more Type 26 frigates and four new shipyards should be funded through defence bonds and delivered by the mid-2030s to counter the threat from Russia.
BAE tests deck launcher that can reload at sea
BAE Systems has completed the first live firing of the Adaptable Deck Launcher, a missile launcher that can go on aircraft carriers, amphibious ships and other surface combatants.
Ice patrol ship will miss a second Antarctic season
HMS Protector will not deploy to Antarctica for the 2026/27 season, leaving Britain without an ice patrol ship in the South Atlantic for a second consecutive year while the government looks at how to cover the gap.
British submarine command course has not run for a year
The Submarine Command Course, known throughout the service as Perisher, is the qualifying course for command of a British submarine.
AVIATION NEWS
UK defence spending target of 3 percent by 2030
The Chancellor has set a target date of 2030 for British defence spending to reach three per cent of gross domestic product.
Eleven of sixteen Protector drones now delivered
Sixteen Protector RG Mk1 air vehicles have been bought for the Royal Air Force and eleven have been delivered into service, with the remainder still in test and evaluation with the manufacturer.
No decision on Palantir role in targeting network
Palantir products are used across the defence digital and data ecosystem and that is expected to continue in some form, but no decisions have been taken on parts of the Digital Targeting Web.
American special forces buy Tekever drones
United States Special Operations Command has bought uncrewed aircraft from Tekever after a programme of validation and acceptance testing backed by training and an extensive flight programme at several locations.
BAE to build thirty five thousand guidance kits a year
BAE Systems has signed a framework agreement running up to seven years with the United States Department of War to lift production of APKWS laser guidance kits to as many as thirty five thousand a year.
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Britain risks becoming a vassal state, says AI body
Britain will be reduced to a vassal state without a dedicated sovereign artificial intelligence plan, according to UKAI, the trade association for the British AI economy.
Russia building new radar close to the Polish border
Construction of a new radar facility in Kaliningrad has been under way for some time and forms part of wider Russian investment in military capability that Britain and NATO allies are monitoring.
Britain told it can lead world in metamaterials
Britain can become a global leader in metamaterials if it acts now to turn its research into commercial products, and the Ministry of Defence's chief scientific adviser has welcomed a new government roadmap setting out how.
Army to buy heavy wheeled recovery vehicle for Boxer
The Army will procure a Heavy Wheeled Recovery Vehicle to recover Boxer in the field, the order remains at 623 vehicles with more than five hundred being built in Britain.
Methil yard wins second export order and hires sixty
Navantia UK has won a second new vessel export contract for its Methil yard in Fife and is recruiting sixty skilled workers.
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