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British troops test drone war tactics near Russian border

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles have joined Finland's Kainuu Brigade for Exercise Northern Star, around 43 miles from the Russian border.
Military attack helicopter in mid-flight firing a missile over a forested area

American Apaches fire rockets near the Korean DMZ

Imagery released by the US Army shows an AH-64 gunship firing during an aerial gunnery exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea, just south of the Demilitarized Zone.
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Ultra Maritime trials next-gen sub-hunting sonobuoy in UK

Ultra Maritime has completed the first in-water trial of its next-generation Multistatic Active Receive Sonobuoy in Scotland, a step it says will improve on current Royal Navy systems for detecting Russian submarines in the North Atlantic.

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Russian warship fired warning shots at British vessel near UK

Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich is reported to have fired shots near a British yacht in the English Channel, according to the crew of the yacht.
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American destroyer opens fire in the Mediterranean

Imagery released by the US Navy shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke firing its five-inch main gun during a live-fire exercise in the Mediterranean, while operating "in support of American security interests in Europe".
Underwater research mooring: a vertical instrument with cross-shaped sensor hanging from a line beneath the surface of dark blue water.

Ultra Maritime trials next-gen sub-hunting sonobuoy in UK

Ultra Maritime has completed the first in-water trial of its next-generation Multistatic Active Receive Sonobuoy in Scotland, a step it says will improve on current Royal Navy systems for detecting Russian submarines in the North Atlantic.
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Video shows British forces board Russian shadow tanker

Newly released footage shows Royal Marine Commandos of the UK Commando Force boarding the Russian shadow fleet tanker SMYRTOS in the Channel, a vessel sailing under a false Cameroonian flag, in the first UK-led operation of its kind.
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British forces board Russian shadow fleet tanker near UK

Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officers have boarded a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel.

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CSG unveils Trident layered air defence at Eurosatory

The Czech-based defence group CSG has presented Trident, a new modular multi-layered air defence system pairing Czech radars, vehicles and integration with Turkish Roketsan missiles.
Military attack helicopter in mid-flight firing a missile over a forested area

American Apaches fire rockets near the Korean DMZ

Imagery released by the US Army shows an AH-64 gunship firing during an aerial gunnery exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea, just south of the Demilitarized Zone.

Swedish Gripens scramble twice to intercept Russian jets

Sweden's Quick Reaction Alert scrambled JAS 39 Gripen fighters twice on Friday to intercept Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, the Swedish Air Force has said, after detecting a Russian Su-24 and a Su-34 near Swedish airspace.

Britain seeks mobile air raid sirens for Cyprus air base

The Ministry of Defence has launched a tender for a rapidly deployable air raid warning siren system to supplement the existing sirens at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
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New Defence Secretary opens huge drone centre in Swindon

The event went ahead without press in attendance, leaving the new Defence Secretary's first outing in the job to be communicated by departmental press release.

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Eight-wheeled armored military vehicle on a grassy slope under a cloudy sky, with equipment racks and antennas mounted on top.

Leonardo deal lets IDV build the Viking UGV at scale

Three months on from Leonardo's completed takeover of Iveco Defence Vehicles, the managing director of its British uncrewed arm says the deal has finally handed the company the vehicle engineering and industrial scale it needs.
Eight-wheeled armored unmanned ground vehicle with a mounted sensor turret on a grassy field.

British-built brain lets UGVs navigate when GPS goes down

The British-built brain inside IDV's uncrewed vehicles can navigate with no satellite signal at all, and we got to see it in action.
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Leonardo’s IDV unveils uncrewed light tank at Eurosatory

IDV, a Leonardo company, has revealed at Eurosatory 2026 the CL2X, a hybrid uncrewed light tank designed to act as a robotic wingman to crewed main battle tanks.
Soldier in camouflage aiming a rifle while crouched among dense forest vegetation.

British troops test drone war tactics near Russian border

Soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles have joined Finland's Kainuu Brigade for Exercise Northern Star, around 43 miles from the Russian border.
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Badenoch offers support to fund warfare through welfare cuts

Kemi Badenoch has written to Keir Starmer offering Conservative votes to cut the welfare bill and redirect the savings to defence, telling the Prime Minister it is time to "get serious" after the resignations of John Healey and Al Carns.

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Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard is undergoing a major overhaul under Navantia UK, with new steel-processing lines, upgraded facilities and workforce expansion aimed at supporting Fleet Solid Support and future naval construction.
We went behind the scenes at Thales UK’s optronics site in Glasgow, where the same people who build periscopes and sighting systems for the armed forces are also opening paths into engineering for young people across the city.

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