Babcock International Group, the defence company, has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group, allowing the company to take end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration in preparation for handover to the ship’s crew. This innovative change follows more than five years of close ...
QinetiQ has successfully trialled the UK’s first Crewed-Uncrewed-Teaming demonstration between a crewed aircraft and an autonomous jet drone. The trial – which took place in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Royal Navy and the Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC) – saw a QinetiQ jet aircraft ...
DASA seeks novel methods of testing and evaluating for the future of defence. The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is pleased to launch a new IFA called Unlocking the True Potential of Test and Evaluation for Defence, run on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). DASA is seeking innovations for priority T&E issues for which ...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have agreed a new chapter in UK/German defence and security cooperation. As an initial step, the UK and Germany will announce plans for a joint endeavour to develop Remote-Controlled Howitzer 155mm Wheeled Artillery Systems (RCH 155), which will be fitted to Boxer ...
October 21, 2025
Maritime - Newest Royal Navy Submarine Achieves First Underwater Milestone at Barrow
BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness site has marked a major achievement in the UK’s submarine programme as the latest Royal Navy Astute-class
March 3, 2025
Land - Babcock scales-up support to Ukraine
Babcock has been awarded a further contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) to boost its support to
