Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have issued a joint statement committing the UK and Canada to closer cooperation on multilateral defence financing and procurement, aimed at scaling industrial capacity and strengthening supply chain resilience across allied nations. The statement, published on 8 July, points to a ...
A major infrastructure programme is now underway at RAF Brize Norton, the UK’s busiest military air base, as part of a wider push to renew and future-proof critical airfield infrastructure across the Defence estate. The project, delivered by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation, will see the base’s 3km runway surface fully replaced ...
Eight dual-use innovators from the NATO DIANA 2026 programme presented their technologies to defence leaders, industry and investors at a UK Demo Day hosted at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, underlining the pace at which allied innovation is being pushed toward operational adoption. Janus Allies, the UK Accelerator for ...
For all the modern innovation in venture capital, history often repeats itself. The First and Second World Wars led to unprecedented public investment in industrial capability and advanced manufacturing, which later found widespread commercial application. Similarly, the Cold War drove sustained investment in semiconductors, satellite communications, and GPS. There is a ...
July 27, 2026
Air - BAE Systems Unveils Brontanax: The UK's First Autonomous Collaborative Combat Aircraft
The unveiling of Brontanax at Farnborough International Airshow marks a defining moment for UK sovereign combat air capability – and
July 21, 2026
Homeland - BAE Systems Invests in New Paint Facility at Glasgow's Govan Shipyard to Accelerate Type 26 Production
Construction has begun on a new £3.3 million paint facility at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow, the latest in
