The delivery of the Seahorse transport barge at Methil – designed with Scottish naval architecture expertise and built on budget in eight months – offers a practical lesson in how major defence shipbuilding programmes can and should engage the wider UK supply chain. Navantia UK has highlighted the role of Fife-based ...
BAE Systems’ strongest first-half results in years – with sales up 9%, a record order backlog and full-year guidance raised across every metric – provide the clearest commercial signal yet of what sustained allied defence investment means in practice for the UK’s largest defence company and the supply chain behind ...
A landmark US shipbuilding investment spanning Columbia and Virginia Class submarines signals the scale of allied commitment to undersea deterrence – and has direct implications for AUKUS partner nations and the UK supply chain. The US Department of War has awarded contracts with a combined value of $76.6 billion to General ...
The European Defence Agency’s Sentinel Strike Challenge moves to live field testing in Portugal this autumn, as five companies advance to compete for €1.8 million in prizes – and generate the operational evidence that EU defence ministries will use to shape future loitering munition procurement. The European Defence Agency has named ...
August 7, 2026
Air - Thales Secures NSPA Contract for Deployable Air Navigation System in Demonstration of NATO Procurement Route
Thales has been selected by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to supply a Deployable Tactical Air Navigation system to
August 7, 2026
Air - Royal Navy's Dragon Rider Trials Prove Drone Armada Concept Over 200 Miles of Southern England
A week-long exercise integrating multiple uncrewed systems with Wildcat helicopters, Royal Marines and ship commanders has demonstrated that long-range drone
