Saab UK has completed its 100th Giraffe 1X radar system at its Fareham Campus, marking a significant production milestone for one of the UK’s most capable sovereign radar programmes – and simultaneously opening a new Integration & Verification (I&V) testing facility on the same site. The twin announcements underscore Fareham’s growing ...
QinetiQ-led Team Elaris has been awarded a £6 million Ministry of Defence contract to develop a deployable solution for enhanced Long-Range Navigation (eLoran) — a terrestrially based alternative to satellite navigation that can operate in environments where GPS signals are jammed or spoofed. The two-year Urgent Compass programme will produce a ...
Babcock has brought together around 30 United Kingdom Small and Medium-sized Enterprises at the Defence Battlelab in Dorset to support its General Logistics Vehicle approach to replacing the British Army’s legacy Land Rover fleet. The convening, announced on 24 April 2026, is part of Babcock’s positioning under the Light Mobility ...
The era of speculative interest in European defence has ended, replaced by a disciplined, industrial-scale pursuit of production capacity and technological superiority. According to the April 2026 European Defence Market Update by Houlihan Lokey, the sector has entered a “capital maturity” phase where the primary focus is now on translating ...
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