All articles by John Hill

Reporter for Global Defence Technology digi-mag and its sister sites: Army, Airforce and Naval Technology.

DSET 2025: Dutch Army update on Training Data Exploitation

The Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA) provided an update on its progress halfway through the second phase of its Training Data…
US Army scale down equine programme in its efficiency crusade

The US Army’s equestrian activity detracts from its lethality; at least that is the assessment made within the Department of…
Sweden call for information before combat vehicle procurement

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) – the country’s defence procurement office – has issued a request for information (RFI)…
UK MoD claim defence budget growth outweighs equipment deficit

A UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) official claimed that the recent growth in the defence budget has exceeded the last…
KNDS, Rheinmetall form JV for MARTE tank in Europe

Europe will develop a sovereign main battle tank (MBT) through a German joint venture (JV) between KNDS and Rheinmetall to…

UK-Ukraine JV to bring Raybird UAS to Nato forces

A new UK-Ukraine joint venture (JV) has formed today (2 July 2025) with the goal of scaling up production of…
Norway to build low-cost interceptors and USVs in Ukraine

The Norwegian government and its leading defence supplier Kongsberg have signed two contracts with two Ukrainian companies to develop and…
Nato Summit 2025: Ukraine goals, gains, and guarantees

While spending dominated discussions at the Nato summit in the Hague, which concluded on 25 June with a new target…
Nato Summit 2025: UK acquiesce to 5% spending target

Hours before the Nato Summit began in The Hague on 24 June 2025, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) accepted…
Nato Summit 2025: allies above and below the spending target

The Nato military alliance is under more pressure than it has been since the Cold War as the prospect of…