Astroscale UK has announced the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Ministry of Defence’s Orpheus mission, marking a significant transition from design to the spacecraft integration and readiness phase. The £5.15 million contract, awarded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) via BAE Systems under ...
The British Army has reached a significant operational milestone with the delivery of the first two Airbus H145 Jupiter HC Mk2 helicopters to Brunei. This delivery, part of a wider £148 million Ministry of Defence (MOD) procurement programme, represents one of the department’s most rapid acquisitions in recent years, reaching ...
The UK government has announced an urgent allocation of an additional £100 million to bolster Ukraine’s air defence capabilities, marking a significant escalation in military assistance. This latest commitment brings the total value of air defence support provided by the UK over the past two months to £600 million. The ...
The United Kingdom and Türkiye have formally entered the next phase of a landmark £8 billion export agreement with the signing of a multi-billion-pound training and support contract. Defence Secretary John Healey and Turkish Defence Minister Yaşar Güler met in London to finalise the agreement, which underpins the acquisition of ...