Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP has delivered a wide-ranging keynote address at the Global Air and Space Chiefs’ Conference in London, unveiling the name of the UK’s new autonomous combat aircraft programme and setting out how the Defence Investment Plan’s £27.8 billion commitment to air and ...
The government has published an updated National Risk Register, adding seven new risks including interference in the UK’s democratic process and a range of cyber threats, as the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister delivered his Annual Resilience Statement to Parliament. The update reflects a rapidly evolving threat landscape in which ...
The United Kingdom has delivered a firm and direct statement to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, rejecting Russian attempts to portray increased European defence spending and NATO readiness as acts of aggression, and making clear that these are defensive measures taken in direct response ...
The government has taken British Steel into public ownership following the Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Act receiving Royal Assent, in a landmark decision that ministers say is necessary to protect the UK’s domestic steelmaking capability, thousands of jobs, and the supply chains underpinning major infrastructure, defence, and energy programmes. The decision follows ...
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
