United Kingdom Defence News

Bilateral Relations Air

British Defence Minister Visits Turkish Counterpart

23 Nov, 10:10
1 min read

UK Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps pays an official visit to his Turkish counterpart Yaşar Güler.

Unmanned Systems Navy / Maritime

Mojave UCAV Performs STOL from Ship

17 Nov, 01:11
1 min read

General Atomics’ Mojave UCAV performed its first landing and take-off onboard Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales.

Air Bilateral Relations

Güler: We are Planning to Buy a Typhoon Fighter Jet

16 Nov, 09:21
3 min read

Defence Minister Yaşar Güler announced they plan to purchase 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from the United Kingdom and Spain.

Weapon / Missile

MBDA Signs an Air Defence System Agreement with Poland

14 Nov, 11:20
1 min read

MBDA will transfer its technologies to the Polish missile manufacturer Polska Grupa Zbrojna to manufacture anti-aircraft defence system CAMM-ER missiles.

Navy / Maritime Expo and Air Show

New Configuration for Hunter-class Frigate

07 Nov, 09:47
2 min read

BAE Systems has exhibited a new configuration of Australian Hunter-class frigate with additional 64 VLS cells in Indo Pacific 2023.

Air Defence Politics Bilateral Relations

The Times: Germany May Leave the FCAS for the Tempest

06 Nov, 06:09
2 min read

Germany is reportedly considering leaving the FCAS project with France for the British GCAP/Tempest, upsetting the European strategic balance.

Navy / Maritime Unmanned Systems

Kraken and L3Harris to Cooperate on K40 MANTA USV

05 Nov, 06:53
2 min read

UK-based Kraken Technology Group announced cooperation with US-based L3Harris on autonomous technologies for Kraken’s K40 MANTA Submersible USV.

Navy / Maritime Sensors

Terma will Supply Type 26 Frigate with Radars

05 Nov, 11:41
1 min read

Danish Terma will equip the Royal Navy’s five new Type 26 frigates with SCANTER 6000 2D naval surveillance radar.

Air Sensors

UK to Deploy Surveillance Aircraft to the Middle East

15 Oct, 05:27
1 min read

The UK will deploy forces to the eastern Mediterranean to support Israel and track regional threats.

Navy / Maritime

UK Launched the Detailed Design Phase of SSN-AUKUS

02 Oct, 12:48
2 min read

The British Defence Ministry, on October 1st, launched the detailed design phase by awarding three contracts to BAE Systems, Rolls Royce and Babcock.

Air

KAAN's Ejection Seat at Tests

29 Sep, 05:16
2 min read

Turkish Fighter KAAN passed its first ejection seat test, carried out in the United Kingdom,

Engine and Transmission

FNSS Showcases its Hybrid Electric Solutions in the UK

26 Sep, 07:00
2 min read

FNSS participates in the “Future Armoured Vehicles Power Systems” conference to present its Hybrid Electric solutions in power systems for armoured vehicles.