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Russian Shadow Fleet Escorts Drive 25% Rise in Royal Navy Monitoring

Russian Shadow Fleet Escorts Drive 25% Rise in Royal Navy Monitoring

Russian warships escorting sanctioned oil tankers through British waters have driven a sharp rise in Royal Navy monitoring operations, with activations to track Russian movements up 25% over the first seven months of the year, the Ministry of Defence said. The Royal Navy deployed four warships and naval helicopters over

BAE Systems Unveils Brontanax as Britain Re-enters Combat Drone Race

BAE Systems Unveils Brontanax as Britain Re-enters Combat Drone Race

BAE Systems has unveiled Brontanax, Britain’s first domestically designed Collaborative Combat Aircraft, with a first flight planned for 2027 and availability for Royal Air Force service targeted before the end of the decade. The aircraft gives Britain a tangible route back into a global competition it had appeared to

UK Awards BAE Systems £708m for Tempest Work Under GCAP

UK Awards BAE Systems £708m for Tempest Work Under GCAP

Britain has awarded BAE Systems a £708 million contract extension for future combat-air technology, securing the national work underpinning Tempest after months of British budget delays had weakened confidence in the wider Global Combat Air Programme. The award completes a rapid stabilisation of Britain’s position in GCAP. Earlier

Northrop Grumman and Airbus Sign MOU on NATO MQ-4C Triton Fleet

Northrop Grumman and Airbus Sign MOU on NATO MQ-4C Triton Fleet

Northrop Grumman has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus Defence and Space covering plans to supply NATO with up to five MQ-4C Triton surveillance aircraft, formalising the role of a major European partner in the proposed programme. The companies signed the agreement during the NATO Summit Defence Industry

UK Commits £26 Billion to Naval Bases, Including £15.1 Billion for Faslane

UK Commits £26 Billion to Naval Bases, Including £15.1 Billion for Faslane

Britain will invest approximately £26 billion over the next decade to modernise the Royal Navy’s three main bases, including £15.1 billion for HM Naval Base Clyde at Faslane, in what the Ministry of Defence calls the largest naval infrastructure programme since the end of the Cold War. Defence

Germany Funds 50,000 AI-Guided Drones Built to Hunt Through Russian Jamming

Germany Funds 50,000 AI-Guided Drones Built to Hunt Through Russian Jamming

Germany is financing 50,000 Ukrainian attack drones equipped with US-designed guidance software built to track moving targets after their connection to a human operator is disrupted, in one of the largest disclosed Western drone orders for Kyiv. The approximately €90 million programme combines Shrike first-person-view drones

UK Places First Contracts in European Race for Cheap Drone Defences

UK Places First Contracts in European Race for Cheap Drone Defences

Britain has awarded £3.16 million ($4.2 million) to three companies developing low-cost weapons to intercept drones, becoming the first of five European partners to place national contracts under a joint air-defence initiative. The relatively modest awards address one of the most pressing problems exposed by recent