Today, more than ever, Navies face a real challenge in the deployment of their assets. The resurgence of great power competition is bringing back concerns about the likelihood of high intensity engagements. From asymmetric threats to the deployment of highly manoeuvrable hypersonic missiles and stea…

Babcock, the aerospace, defence, and security company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with one of Korea’s largest shipyards Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to collaborate on systems integration programmes for future vessels.

This follows the MoU signing between Bab…

MARIGNANE, France — Airbus Helicopters has begun trialing autonomous take-off and landing capabilities at sea for the VSR700, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) being developed in the frame of the SDAM (Système de drone aérien de la Marine) programme, conducted by the DGA (Direction générale de l’Arm…

Today, Defence Procurement Minister Jeremy Quin opened the hub at a formal ceremony in Newcastle, alongside Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE and Dstl’s recently appointed chief executive Paul Hollinshead.

Defence Minister Jeremy Quin said: “It’s vital that Defence is ope…