Uncertainty hangs over UK Warrior upgrade
Plans to trim or cut the Warrior fleet have been rumoured for months, but despite this, Lockheed Martin has pushed…
15 Feb 2021
“Bar Russia, China from investing in UK defence supply chain”: MPs
Foreign Involvement in the Defence Supply Chain subcommittee chair, MP Richard Drax said: “Whilst the National Security and Investment Bill represents a step in the right direction, the government must…
10 Feb 2021
Lockheed Martin UK unwraps future anti-armour concept
Key to the concept is the combination of a modular armoured vertical launch system - that could in future be carried on an 8x8 armoured vehicle like the British Army’s…
05 Feb 2021
US, Russia agree to New START extension
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement the decision to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) showed the US ‘took the first step toward making…
04 Feb 2021
Cloud Computing in Defence: Defence Trends
Defence had started building its cloud computing infrastructure almost a decade ago, with the US Armed Forces being at the forefront of the modernisation effort. Data would be available both…
21 Jan 2021
Covid pandemic demonstrates effects of ignoring warnings: WEF report
The report states the pandemic could increase disparities and social fragmentation, will threaten the economy over the next three to five years and in the five to ten-year timeframe will…
18 Jan 2021
UK eyes Franco-German MGCS future tank programme
The UK’s interest in the programme, first reported by Defense News, is in early stages with few details about the nature of the UK’s observer status made public. Under the…