19+ hour, 8+ min ago   (385+ words) UK Defence Journal The United States has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of Switchblade loitering munitions to Greece, the U.S. State Department stated. The department said it had made a determination approving the sale and had notified Congress, the standard…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (314+ words) Romania has shot down a second drone in its airspace in as many days. An F-16 fighter destroyed the aircraft on Saturday morning over the Danube Delta, near the border with Ukraine. President Nicusor Dan said the drone was intercepted at…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (891+ words) The Oxfordshire-based firm describes Vortex as the first UK-built Autonomous Collaborative Platform of its kind, an uncrewed aircraft designed from the outset to operate alongside crewed jets as part of a coordinated team. The launch follows what the company says…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (385+ words) The initial order will be for six AR5 drones, with up to 24 delivered by 2029. According to the MOD, the aircraft can carry up to 50kg of surveillance equipment such as cameras and sensors, and offer longer endurance than the systems the Army…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (220+ words) The stamps and a range of collectible products are available to pre-order from 23 July, with general sale beginning on 30 July. Royal Mail developed the issue in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence, drawing on its expertise to reflect the aircraft’s…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (316+ words) Streeting set out the timeline in a keynote speech at the AGF Defence Summit at the Farnborough International Airshow. He described StormFighter, announced the previous week, as pairing uncrewed autonomous fighters with crewed platforms such as the Typhoon, an approach…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1834+ words) The aircraft was designed and built by engineers at BAE Systems’ site in Warton, Lancashire, which the company describes as the home of the UK’s sovereign combat air industrial capability. According to BAE Systems, more than 500 of its employees have…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (463+ words) UK Defence Journal Raytheon UK has unveiled Red Kite, its first sovereign precision weapon fully designed and digitally engineered in the United Kingdom, with the company pitching the effector as an affordable, high-volume complement to the RAF’s existing arsenal that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (236+ words) The position was set out by Defence Minister Luke Pollard in a written answer to Conservative MP Stuart Anderson, who asked simply what date the Hybrid Navy fleet will be operational. The answer is that the Hybrid Fleet has no…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (192+ words) The roadmap reaches beyond the force redesign, committing the UK to upgrade its Multiple Launch Rocket System equipment in theatre to be more precise and more lethal, to maintain short range air defence capabilities, and to continue modernising the force…...