The UK National Defence Procurement and Supply Chain Summit returns to Manchester’s Kimpton Clocktower Hotel on Thursday 22 October 2026, and one of its most anticipated sessions will speak directly to a question that is increasingly on the minds of businesses across the UK’s technology, cyber, advanced manufacturing, and energy ...
BAE Systems has completed integration and deployment testing of its Anti-Threat System, known as BATS, marking a significant milestone in the rapid development of one of the UK’s most advanced counter-drone capabilities. Developed by BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence business, BATS is a scalable, software-defined system designed to detect, track, identify and ...
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has launched a new competition seeking cutting-edge, early-stage science and technology ideas to advance the UK’s military use of autonomous and robotic systems across land, sea, and air environments. Run through UK Defence Innovation (UKDI), the Novel Autonomy and Robotics competition offers over £1 ...
The Ministry of Defence has announced a £26 billion, ten-year programme to modernise the Royal Navy’s three principal naval bases: HMNB Clyde, HMNB Devonport, and HMNB Portsmouth. It is the largest naval infrastructure investment since the end of the Cold War. Confirmed by Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard ...
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
