The Prime Minister has confirmed that the UK intends to buy at least a dozen F-35A fighter jets, which can carry both nuclear and conventional weapons. The decision will support 20,000 jobs in the F35 programme in the UK, with 15% of the global supply chain for the jets based in ...
Astroscale Ltd has been awarded a contract worth £5.15M by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) via BAE Systems as the Dstl Serapis Framework lead. As global reliance on space infrastructure grows, so do the threats posed by space weather, adversarial actions, and orbital congestion. As a critical step ...
The UK is ramping up its support for Ukraine with a target to achieve a tenfold increase in production and procurement of drones to deliver to Ukraine this year. With more than 10,000 drones delivered to Ukraine last year by the UK, tens of thousands more have already been delivered towards ...
Babcock International Group has been awarded a c£70m contract to deliver new infrastructure facilities as part of a £300m defence contract secured by Ascent Flying Training (Ascent) to deliver the Future ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) and Rear Crew Training System (FIRCTS) programme. Babcock will manage the build of ...
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