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British firms to train drone AI on Ukrainian combat footage
British defence companies will be allowed to train AI on more than five million frames of Ukrainian battlefield footage under a new programme, with the United Kingdom becoming the first partner to gain access.
Powerful new British nuclear attack submarine starts trials
HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy’s sixth Astute-class attack submarine, has left BAE Systems’ yard at Barrow-in-Furness and entered open water for the first time as it begins sea trials ahead of joining the fleet.
New nuke sub leaves yard and heads to Scotland for trials
HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of the Astute class, is heading to her new home Faslane to continue trials.
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Powerful new British nuclear attack submarine starts trials
HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy’s sixth Astute-class attack submarine, has left BAE Systems’ yard at Barrow-in-Furness and entered open water for the first time as it begins sea trials ahead of joining the fleet.
New nuke sub leaves yard and heads to Scotland for trials
HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of the Astute class, is heading to her new home Faslane to continue trials.
Record defence spending with Scottish industry revealed
Ministry of Defence spending with Scottish industry rose by 13 per cent in real terms to £2.53 billion in 2025/26.
British drone submarine fires torpedo off Scotland
A Royal Navy extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, the Excalibur, has launched a US Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo during trials in Scotland.
British robot sailboats test submarine picket line
Six British robotic sailboats are testing a distributed acoustic picket line at REPMUS26, using hydrophones to detect and track underwater targets across a wide area.
AVIATION NEWS
BAE launches compact Shadow EW systems for small aircraft
BAE Systems has launched a new family of compact electronic warfare systems intended for use on smaller airborne platforms.
Finnish and Swedish fighters intercept Russian aircraft
Finnish and Swedish Quick Reaction Alert fighters have jointly intercepted and identified Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland, in what Sweden says was the first operational identification mission conducted together by the two air forces.
Massive ‘dogfight’ unfolds in skies over Britain
British and allied combat aircraft are conducting large-scale simulated air battles over Britain as Exercise Cobra Warrior 26-2 tests how allied forces would defend the UK and fight together in contested airspace during a major conflict.
British firms to train drone AI on Ukrainian combat footage
British defence companies will be allowed to train AI on more than five million frames of Ukrainian battlefield footage under a new programme, with the United Kingdom becoming the first partner to gain access.
Britain puts space at centre of defence buying revolution
National Armaments Director Rupert Pearce says Defence must become a far more active customer for UK space firms, with nearly £13bn committed and space placed among the first new capability portfolios. #SpacePower
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US sends Abrams tanks and crews back to Lithuania
Two US Army battalions are due to deploy to Lithuania in late October as part of a regular troop rotation, including a heavy unit equipped with Abrams tanks and an engineering battalion, according to Lithuanian officials.
US Army tests 30mm AMPV infantry fighting vehicles
BAE Systems has delivered two 30mm-armed Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle prototypes to a US Army Transformation in Contact unit, with the vehicles now undergoing field evaluation and live-fire testing.
UK to brief defence and infrastructure chiefs on Russia
Senior figures from Britain’s defence industry and critical national infrastructure sectors are to receive closed-door government briefings on threats linked to Russia.
Danish intelligence warns Russia could attack NATO
Denmark says there is a low but growing risk that Russia could carry out a limited military attack against one or more NATO countries bordering Russia, potentially within the coming months.
MP warns Britain’s deterrence against Russia is its people
Graeme Downie MP says the UK is already in an unconventional war with Russia and argues that "our deterrence is our people" as skills shortages threaten defence resilience.
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