The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract worth approximately £100 million to test the performance of the UK’s ground-breaking Protector aircraft. The world-class Protector will be the first remotely controlled aircraft capable of attacking targets anywhere in world while being operated from their home base in RAF Waddington. This contract will ...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has made his first keynote speech announcing the first step towards upgrading the UK’s military satellite communications system, SKYNET. Speaking at the DSEi conference, the Defence Secretary outlined an ambitious and global vision for defence. He highlighted the UK’s decisive contribution to the fight against Daesh and ...
NATO held a four month air policing mission in Estonia as part of Operation Azotize, which featured RAF Typhoon aircraft. The RAF Typhoons took part in the air policing deployment alongside NATO for Operation Azotize. In response to a request from the Estonian government, UK forces performed 21 interceptions in the ...
International partners took part in a Space Flag training exercise in Colorado as part of the US Air Force’s ‘Fight Tonight’ initiative. The exercise featured participants from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the US training in Colorado for Space Flag, part of the ‘Fight Tonight’ project. Around 160 personnel trained with ...
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