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New jets confirmed for Red Arrows in Hawk replacement

The Red Arrows are to receive new jets to replace their ageing Hawk aircraft as part of a £360 million recapitalisation of the military's jet training system.
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Almost a third of defence boost rests on autumn Budget

Almost a third of the gbp 15bn Defence Investment Plan, some 4.7bn, has yet to be pinned down and will only be settled at the autumn Budget.

Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters to replaced by drones

The Defence Investment Plan sets out an autonomous replacement for the Royal Navy's Wildcat maritime helicopters and increasingly autonomous rotorcraft flying from frigates and destroyers, as the Fleet Air Arm shifts towards uncrewed flight.

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RENK to buy UK naval gearbox maker David Brown Defence

Germany's RENK Group has agreed to acquire Huddersfield-based David Brown Defence, supplier of gearboxes for the Type 26 frigate programme.
Union Jack flag flies on a naval deck with a gray stealth jet on a launch catapult overlooking the harbor

Strike drone launched from Royal Navy ship for first time

he Nyan One-Way Effector was fired from XV Patrick Blackett off the south coast, with further trials aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth a possibility.

Britain to buy new mine hunting motherships from Norway

The Royal Navy is to acquire new offshore support vessels alongside Norway to serve as motherships for its growing fleet of autonomous minehunters.

Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters to replaced by drones

The Defence Investment Plan sets out an autonomous replacement for the Royal Navy's Wildcat maritime helicopters and increasingly autonomous rotorcraft flying from frigates and destroyers, as the Fleet Air Arm shifts towards uncrewed flight.

Sweeney warns of Clyde job losses without new design deal

Paul Sweeney, Labour MSP and former Clyde worker, has warned that BAE Systems needs a new design contract within around eighteen months to avoid job losses.

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Union Jack flag flies on a naval deck with a gray stealth jet on a launch catapult overlooking the harbor

Strike drone launched from Royal Navy ship for first time

he Nyan One-Way Effector was fired from XV Patrick Blackett off the south coast, with further trials aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth a possibility.

British Army to get 500-mile ballistic missile capability

The Defence Investment Plan funds a ballistic missile capability for the Army as part of a wider package covering deep fires, drones and recce strike.

UK weapon built for Ukraine could join British arsenal

A senior defence official says the low-cost strike weapon developed under Project Brakestop could be in the UK inventory "very soon".

UK axes Meteor upgrade in favour of new FASE missile

The MOD has dropped the planned Meteor mid-life upgrade, shifting investment to the Future Air Superiority Effectors programme.

Officer wins Churchill Fellowship for drone defence work

Jack Venables, a police officer seconded to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit, has been named a 2026 Churchill Fellow and will travel to Canada, Australia and beyond to research new ways of protecting critical national infrastructure from hostile drones.

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Stone plaque reading MINISTRY OF DEFENCE with a crown crest, set against blue-toned financial charts and graphs in the background by overlay.

Almost a third of defence boost rests on autumn Budget

Almost a third of the gbp 15bn Defence Investment Plan, some 4.7bn, has yet to be pinned down and will only be settled at the autumn Budget.
Neoclassical government building with a Union Jack flag, beside a ship under construction and a crane in a dockyard scene.

Treasury sets out defence boost funding gap

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has told Parliament how the government will fund the £15bn Defence Investment Plan, reallocating capital budgets across Whitehall and £4.7bn still to be confirmed at the autumn Budget.

Army Wildcat helicopter to be retired

The Army's Wildcat battlefield reconnaissance helicopters will begin leaving service from 2027, with the MoD saying uncrewed systems will take over the job of scouting ahead of friendly lines.

Rutte meets Trump ahead of Ankara NATO summit

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has met US President Donald Trump at the White House to prepare for the alliance's summit in Ankara next month.
Soldiers in camouflage deploy from an armored vehicle as white smoke billows nearby.

Singapore firm to win UK 40mm grenade deal

A Singapore-based manufacturer, ST Engineering Advanced Material Engineering, is to sign a contract worth almost GBP 66 million to supply the British military with 40mm grenades, according to a contract award notice.

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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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