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Pollard rejects resignation to give defence certainty

Luke Pollard, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, says national security demands continuity at the MoD, whatever happens in the wider political landscape.
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Six F-16 pilots decorated for Iran nuclear strikes

Six F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from the 55th Fighter Squadron have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their roles in Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites carried out in June 2025.
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Northrop Grumman hybrid electric drone begins flight tests

The Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 uncrewed aircraft has begun flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, under DARPA's Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration programme.

Scottish Defence Procurement & Supply Chain Summit 2026

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Britain sending a drone fleet to Hormuz

The Royal Navy's modular Beehive system, which deploys high-speed autonomous Kraken drone boats, forms part of Britain's announced contribution to the multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most significant operational deployments of the service's emerging autonomous surface capability.
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Russia sanctions at a crossroads as US commitment wavers

Sanctions on Russia are the largest ever imposed on any economy in history, but CEPA experts say enforcement is failing to keep pace.

British aircraft carrier heads north as Arctic tensions rise

HMS Prince of Wales has departed Scotland for Nordic waters recently, where the aircraft carrier will conduct exercises with NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force partners focused on Atlantic and High North security.
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Commando Helicopter Force supports Ten Tors for 38th year

Royal Navy aviators from the Commando Helicopter Force supported the British Army-run Ten Tors event on Dartmoor over the weekend, continuing a commitment that stretches back to 1988.
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US nuclear missile sub in port call to British territory

A U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar for a port visit that the U.S. Sixth Fleet said demonstrates American "capability, flexibility, and continuing commitment to its NATO allies".

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UK firm Rotron fires SkyLance drone as US parent acquired

British aerospace company Rotron has successfully demonstrated and fired its SkyLance long-range one-way effector, validating key propulsion and system performance characteristics.
Military fighter jet lifting off from a desert runway, afterburners active, with sparse vegetation in the background.

Six F-16 pilots decorated for Iran nuclear strikes

Six F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from the 55th Fighter Squadron have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their roles in Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites carried out in June 2025.
Small white single-engine airplane with landing gear down flying low over a flat coastal landscape and water.

Northrop Grumman hybrid electric drone begins flight tests

The Northrop Grumman XRQ-73 uncrewed aircraft has begun flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, under DARPA's Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft Demonstration programme.
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Ukrainian pilots graduate from British flying programme

The latest cohort of Ukrainian student pilots has graduated from the Royal Air Force's Elementary Flying Training programme, in a ceremony attended by the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth.

UK and Lockheed test F-35 data link to Army ground weapons

The Ministry of Defence and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works have completed an exercise demonstrating the transfer of targeting data from an F-35 through to British Army ground-based weapons systems.

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Scottish defence summit to map supply chain routes

The DPRTE Scottish Defence Procurement & Supply Chain Summit on 20 May in Glasgow offers Scottish industry a direct route into a sector undergoing significant investment.
Man in a navy suit and red tie speaks to a group of uniformed pilots in a hangar-like setting, gesturing with his hands.

Pollard rejects resignation to give defence certainty

Luke Pollard, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, says national security demands continuity at the MoD, whatever happens in the wider political landscape.

Man jailed for acting as Islamic State media activist

A 23-year-old man living in Birmingham has been sentenced to six years in prison after admitting membership of the Islamic State, following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands.
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British troops receive medals for Kosovo tour

Soldiers from C Squadron, the Household Cavalry Regiment, were presented with medals at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on 27 April, marking the conclusion of a six-month deployment to Kosovo on Op ELGIN 17.

Lithuania unveils its first HIMARS launchers

Lithuania has officially received its first High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers.

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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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