The Ministry of Defence has awarded £3.16 million to three UK SMEs to develop low-cost interceptors capable of shooting down drones, making the UK the first of five European partner nations to award contracts under a new joint air defence programme. The Low-Cost Air Defence Effectors (LCADE) programme is being delivered ...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a landmark agreement giving UK defence companies access to procurement contracts funded through the EU’s £78 billion (€90 billion) Ukraine Support Loan, opening a significant new route to market for British industry while reinforcing UK support for Ukraine. The deal was announced as Starmer arrived ...
The Ministry of Defence has launched a new Defence Universities Alliance bringing together 35 UK universities and the Armed Forces, aimed at strengthening defence research, building critical skills and supporting the UK’s future defence workforce. Launched by Defence Minister Luke Pollard MP at the University of Manchester, the DUA was selected ...
The Ministry of Defence has signed a 15-year, £2 billion contract for a new AI and analytics-driven training system that will prepare up to 60,000 soldiers a year for modern battlefield conditions, supporting around 400 jobs across the UK. The contract has been awarded to Omnia Training, a Raytheon UK-led consortium ...
July 30, 2026
Land - Agon Launches with $30 Million Seed Investment to Build Europe's Sovereign Defence AI Infrastructure
A European defence AI start-up has launched with one of the largest early-stage defence technology seed rounds in Europe this
July 30, 2026
Homeland - Europe is building a military on chips it cannot make
In 1950 Jean Monnet persuaded Europe that pooling coal and steel would make another Franco-German war almost impossible. The idea
