Unveiled at Farnborough International Airshow, Thunder represents a significant step in the maturation of autonomous combat aviation – and signals a growing market for the technologies and supply chain capabilities that will underpin it. Anduril Industries has unveiled Thunder, a Group 5 autonomous attack rotorcraft designed to multiply the combat power ...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a €300 million UK investment to help deliver a full squadron of advanced Swedish Gripen E fighter jets to Ukraine, strengthening Ukrainian air defences against Russian attacks while supporting 5,000 highly skilled jobs across more than 50 UK-based companies. The announcement was made during the ...
The University of Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory has officially opened a new £58 million facility and hosted the Frank Whittle Summit, bringing together executives from Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Boeing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Siemens Energy, and leading AI firms alongside senior government and military officials to launch a new mission-led approach to hardware ...
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 ...
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