Thales has been selected by the NATO Support and Procurement Agency to supply a Deployable Tactical Air Navigation system to the Spanish Air and Space Force, in a contract that demonstrates the NSPA’s growing role as a direct procurement channel for sovereign defence capability across the alliance. The D-TACAN system – ...
A week-long exercise integrating multiple uncrewed systems with Wildcat helicopters, Royal Marines and ship commanders has demonstrated that long-range drone network operations are ready for Royal Navy use now – and signals the next phase of UK hybrid maritime capability development. The Royal Navy has completed a landmark series of trials ...
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 ...
Two Dstl programmes are accelerating the British Army’s adoption of drone and counter-drone technology for future battlefield operations – with direct implications for UK industry partners developing AI, autonomous systems and counter-UAS capability. Scientists at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory are working with the British Army, industry partners and international ...