The selection of Tekever’s AR5 drone for the British Army’s next-generation battlefield surveillance capability signals a significant step in UK autonomous systems procurement – and confirms Swindon as the manufacturing base for a system already proven in Ukraine. The National Armaments Director Group has selected Tekever’s AR5 uncrewed aerial system to ...
The largest single tranche of nuclear submarine investment announced under this government will support tens of thousands of jobs, 22,000 apprenticeships and a supply chain of more than 6,000 UK companies – and signals a deliberate shift in how the government expects major defence procurement to deliver for communities across ...
UK Defence Innovation is inviting proposals across five urgent operational challenge areas, with contracts of up to £1 million available for technologies that can reach deployment scale within 12 months of project completion. UK Defence Innovation has launched Cycle 8 of its Innovation Support to Operations competition, inviting innovators from across ...
A European defence AI start-up has launched with one of the largest early-stage defence technology seed rounds in Europe this year, targeting a critical gap in the autonomous weapons development pipeline: the AI training infrastructure that does not yet exist at the scale modern defence programmes require. Agon, a European defence ...
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
