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Launchpad - Accelerating breakthrough technologies into new businesses
Innovation is at the heart of what we do and Launchpad builds on this legacy by turning great technologies into new ventures. Launchpad helps create and grow start-ups that develop our advanced technology for use outside of defence. It also accelerates early-stage, potentially transformative defence research, giving it the support needed to make a real-world impact.
Creative Futures | How Science Fiction can shape the future
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has unveiled Creative Futures, a new collection of science fiction stories designed to spark fresh thinking about the future of defence and security over the next 100 years. Edited by Dr Allen Stroud of Coventry University, Creative Futures brings together leading science fiction authors who worked alongside defence experts to imagine future scenarios stretching as far as 2122. These stories explore how emerging technologies, societal shifts, and global challenges might shape the world beyond this century.
Challenger 3 completes live firing trials
Can Europe Defend Itself? | World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026
Europe is facing urgent security gaps: recent airspace breaches have exposed vulnerabilities, while years of underinvestment, fragmentation and dependency have weakened the continent’s defence industrial base.
At the same time, exposure in key sectors such as medicine, tech and energy underscores the need to strengthen resilience against external shocks. Is Europe willing to trade competitiveness and open market principles for greater strategic autonomy?
Speakers: Mark Rutte, Karol Nawrocki, Nadia Calviño, Paul Hudson, Alexander Stubb, Sarah Kelly
The 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum will provide a crucial space to focus on the fundamental principles driving trust, including transparency, consistency and accountability. This Annual Meeting will welcome over 100 governments, all major international organizations, 1000 Forum’s Partners, as well as civil society leaders, experts, youth representatives, social entrepreneurs, and news outlets. The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.
What can NATO in Europe do if US threatens Greenland?
Dr Marion Messmer is the Director of the International Security Programme at Chatham House.
How AI is transforming defence
Atlantic Bastion: UK's new advanced hybrid naval force
The UK has unveiled a new advanced hybrid naval force, pairing together traditional crewed vessels with autonomous uncrewed systems, to protect undersea cables and pipelines from Russia. The programme comes after a resurgence in Russian submarine and underwater activity, as the Government said that there has been a 30% increase in Moscow’s vessels threatening UK waters, including the Yantar, a vessel understood to be mapping undersea cables in conjunction with submarines. The majority of the work in Atlantic Bastion will be done by the incoming Type 26 frigates and the existing P-8 Poseidon aircraft, and Norway has signed up to assist in the world-leading programme.
