The UK and Latvia will jointly lead a capability coalition, which will see thousands of drones supplied to Ukraine, including first-person view (FPV) drones, which have proven highly effective on the battlefield. As part of the coalition, the UK will…
Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) equipped with cutting-edge sensors to detect ground mines and explosives are being researched by UK scientists and engineers at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and could alter the face of land warfare. Their research…
A £2.5 billion ($4.77 billion) investment in stockpiles and a Global Response Force are behind a refreshed plan to improve the warfighting readiness of the British Armed Forces The UK’s Defence Command Paper Refresh (DCP23) takes learnings from the war…
The first Regional Office of NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) has opened in London; the UK is partnered with Estonia in this venture and a further hub in Estonia's capital, Tallinn, is due to open later…
The Government of Canada has announced it will acquire the Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft as a result of the Future Fighter Capability Project competition which was launched in 2017. The contract is valued at US$14.2 billion. Canada is…
Elbit Systems of Australia (ELSA) has won a contract of undisclosed value to supply Small Uncrewed Aerial Systems (SUAS) and maintenance services to the Australian Army. The Skylark I-LEX SUAS+ contract will support the Army’s UAS capabilities by supplying a…
On the last working day of the 2021-22 financial year NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and Leaders and Ministers from 22 member countries launched NATO’s Innovation Fund, the world’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund. The €1 billion Fund will complement…
The joint Boeing – NATO PROJECT X innovation challenge which finished earlier this year has generated new ideas for autonomous systems to reach inaccessible locations and improve situation awareness, says the company. This three-month-long intense rapid-prototyping competition allowed innovators from…
Against the background of Russia’s attempted invasion of the Ukraine, the UK has announced it will partner with Estonia on the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) programme to maintain NATO’s technological edge. Announced by NATO Secretary General…
Elbit Systems of Australia (ELSA) has completed an extensive security and IT project as part of the process of enhancing its status as a sovereign Australian business. The company’s managing director, MAJGEN (retired) Paul McLachlan, said the business had been…