Friday 10 January, 2025

Neil Ritchie

Neil Ritchie is the founder and editor of DefenceToday.com. Neil has a keen interest in the UK armed forces and national security issues as well as global defence procurement and cyber security matters. He also researches and writes about military history. Neil can be found on Bluesky: @neilritchie.bsky.social

Babcock and Supacat begin Jackal 3 production

Babcock International Group and Supacat have officially launched the production of 70 High Mobility Transporter (HMT) Jackal 3s for the British Army. A manufacturing facility located at Babcock’s Devonport site has been specifically designed to...

Ukrainian forces sink Russian missile corvette

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) announced that its special operations unit Group 13 successfully hit and destroyed the Russian guided-missile corvette Ivanovets on the night of 31 January-1 February using unmanned sea drones. In a...

US Army to develop first Arctic doctrine in over 50 years

The US Army is currently working on the first Arctic-focused doctrine in over 50 years. Known as Army Techniques Publication 3-90.96, Arctic and Extreme Cold Weather Operations, this manual is expected to be released...

Czech Republic signs deal for 24 F-35 aircraft

The government of the Czech Republic has officially decided to acquire 24 Lockheed Martin 5th Generation F-35 Lightning II fighter jets, as confirmed by the company. The Czech Air Force will receive its first...

General Dynamics completes testing of USMC future ARV

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) announced on 23 January that it had completed testing of its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) designed for the US Marines Corps’ future Mobile Reconnaissance Battalion. The ARV capability developed by...

UK must train citizens for war warns outgoing army chief

The outgoing Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, has said that Britain should prepare for a potential land war by training and equipping a "citizen army" amid...

German Typhoons to be equipped with Brimstone missiles

The Luftwaffe has announced plans to equip its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft with Brimstone air-launched ground attack missiles. The procurement plan includes buying 274 Brimstone missiles produced by the European defence company MBDA. This move...

Challenger 3 tank to begin trials in coming weeks

The British Army’s next main battle tank (MBT) will reach a major milestone with the first pre-production Challenger 3 going into trials in the coming weeks. This initial model and subsequent models that will soon...