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8,000 British troops to deploy to Europe

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 29 April that 8,000 British Army troops will conduct a series of planned exercises across Europe this summer in one of...

News Desk - 29th April 2022

Naval Platforms

Construction begins on new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates

The construction of HMS Venturer, the first of five new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates, is now underway at Rosyth dockyard on the Firth of Forth in Scotland. In the...

News Desk - 27th April 2022

Air Systems

Saab and FMV sign contract for new Gripen launch system

Swedish defence company Saab announced 26 April that it has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the development and integration of a new launch...

News Desk - 26th April 2022

Military Capabilities

UK forces train to lead NATO Battlegroup in Estonia

Multinational integration exercise Bold Dragon saw 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (1RWELSH) Battlegroup get to grips with the harsh environment of the Tapa Central Training Area in Estonia to...

News Desk - 25th April 2022

Flashpoints

UK plans to provide Poland with Challenger 2

Britain is planning to send Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Poland in a significant escalation of its military support so that Ukraine can then be supplied by the...

News Desk - 23rd April 2022

Military Capabilities

Royal Marines practice rescuing downed aircrew

UK Royal Marines have been practicing rescuing pilots shot down behind enemy lines in the barren landscape of Iceland alongside their American counterparts. Fresh from NATO exercise Cold Response 22,...

News Desk - 21st April 2022

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Ireland to procure new Strategic Reach Aircraft

BAE, Leonardo and JAIEC form joint venture for GCAP

Kazakhstan takes delivery of first Airbus A400M

US Army orders additional CH-47F Block II Chinooks

Lithuania orders Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks

Rheinmetall to supply 20 more Marder IFVs to Ukraine

British Army trials drone-destroying laser

Czech Republic orders additional Leopard 2A4 tanks

Royal Navy trials uncrewed MMCM for the first time

Rolls-Royce MBHS selected for Royal Navy Type 26 frigates

Austal delivers seventh Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Royal Australian Navy

Royal Navy successfully tests next-generation Spearfish torpedo

Royal Marines train for vehicle interdiction operations

Norway deploys F-35s, NASAMS to Poland

UAPs present no ‘military threat’ to the UK

43 Commando Fleet Protection Group train alongside US counterparts

Rheinmetall and KNDS to equip 10,000 Bundeswehr vehicles with digital radio equipment

Poland’s Integrated Battle Command System achieves Initial Operational Capability

Clavister to provide CyberArmour system for CV90 vehicles

British Army establishes new training facility for Ajax AFV

Rheinmetall takes over new ammunition factory in Hungary

Avon Protection wins UK MoD respirator contract

Rampage air-to-ground missile

KNDS reports strongest order growth in the company’s history

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