Streeting rejects claim Scotland’s coast is undefended

Navantia UK wins second Methil export vessel order

Navantia UK has secured a second new-build vessel export contract for its Methil yard in Fife and is recruiting 60 additional skilled workers as activity at the site increases.

F-35C makes first arrested landing on Ford carrier

A US Navy F-35C Lightning II has completed the first arrested landing by the type aboard a Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, with the milestone taking place aboard the future USS John F. Kennedy...

American F-22 stealth jet controls combat drone

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor has directed a YFQ-44A Collaborative Combat Aircraft during an airborne tactical-control demonstration, with the fighter pilot issuing commands that were interpreted and...

No new outsourcing at Fylingdales, minister says

The Ministry of Defence has refused to publish a risk assessment of private sector involvement in running the Solid State Phased Array Radar at RAF Fylingdales, saying the recent contract activity...

Defence to find ten billion in savings by decade’s end

The Ministry of Defence must deliver £10.7 billion of efficiencies over four years, with the annual target rising from £1.4 billion this year to £3.5 billion by 2028-29.

Britain yet to fill twenty-seven posts at Norfolk command

Britain has taken command of NATO's Atlantic headquarters with twenty-seven of its own seventy-one posts there still unfilled, and the Ministry of Defence does not expect to complete them until the...

Britain leads biggest NATO undersea effort since Cold War

Britain is lead nation for the biggest NATO undersea effort since the Cold War, binding frigates, UUVs and satellites into one network. #ApexEurope

The Russian shipyards Britain has placed under sanctions

Britain has designated Russia's largest shipbuilding corporation on the grounds that it supplied frigates and other warship classes deployed in Crimea, and the sanctions list now names 645 individual...

Ukraine’s Delta system proves NATO compatible at sea

Ukrainian personnel ran maritime operations through the Delta combat system at NATO's REPMUS 2026 exercise in Portugal, integrating every asset transmitting data to NATO standards.

Warrior disposal dates withheld on security grounds

The Ministry of Defence has refused to say when each of the seventy-eight Warrior infantry fighting vehicles removed from the fleet in the past year was disposed of.

Britain puts millions into protecting military sites

An additional £470 million is being spent on improving the security of critical military sites across Britain, alongside £240 million for an enhanced counter-drone system called Project PRESAGIUM.

Firms queue for Ukraine’s captured Russian weapons data

Ukraine has received more than 650 applications to register on TrophyLab, its web portal for the study of captured Russian equipment, of which 389 came from foreign defence manufacturers.

No estimate given for Achilles delay after dock fire

The Ministry of Defence has declined to estimate how far the completion of the submarine HMS Achilles has slipped as a result of the 2024 fire in the Devonshire Dock Hall at Barrow-in-Furness,...

Iron Duke refit cost a hundred million before withdrawal

Britain puts stealth fighters to sea in the High North

British F-35 jets will fly from HMS Prince of Wales in the Arctic and North Atlantic when the carrier sails from Portsmouth on Sunday, returning fifth-generation airpower to the skies of the High...