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No Radar, No Lidar: This British Ground Drone Is Designed to Keep a Low Profile

A British startup is pitching an unmanned ground vehicle concept designed to move across difficult terrain while keeping a low profile to avoid detection by enemy forces.

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Kuwait Buys $490M Air Defense System From UK

Kuwait has agreed to purchase a $490.5 million air defense system from British defense technology firm MARSS to protect its territory from unmanned aerial system incursions.

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Edgewing Opens GCAP Engineering Hub in Italy

British defense company Edgewing has inaugurated an engineering facility in Turin, Italy, marking a major milestone in support of the Global Combat Air Program to develop a sixth-generation fighter jet for Italy, Japan, and the UK by 2035.

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US B-1 Bombers Withdraw From UK After Iran Threat

The US Air Force has rapidly transferred its fleet of 12 B-1 Lancer supersonic heavy bombers from the UK Royal Air Force Base Fairford back to stateside following intelligence warnings of an Iran-backed plot targeting the installation.

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UK Gives Defense Firms Access to Ukraine Battlefield Data for Drone Swarm AI

British defense companies are getting access to a massive dataset built from Ukraine’s battlefield to develop AI models for autonomous drone swarms.

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British Drone Submarine Fires US Heavyweight Torpedo in Historic First

The US Navy and the UK Royal Navy have successfully fired an Mk 48 heavyweight anti-submarine and anti-surface torpedo from an experimental extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, marking a historic first for allied undersea warfare.

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UK Grounds Hawk Jet Trainers After Crash in Wales

The UK Royal Air Force has temporarily suspended its Hawk training fleets after an aircraft crashed near RAF Valley on Anglesey, North Wales.

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Babcock Collabs With Ark Robotics, DCE to Scale Ground Drones in UK

British defense giant Babcock International has signed separate agreements with Ark Robotics and Digital Concepts Engineering to explore the development, production, integration, and support of unmanned ground vehicles for UK and allied forces.

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AI to Help Keep Faulty Body Armor Off British Soldiers

UK defense tech firm QinetiQ will use artificial intelligence to accelerate inspections of British Army body armor under a new $2.94 million contract.

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MBDA, Poland’s WITU Join Forces on Counter Mass Interceptor Program

MBDA and Polish research institute WITU have agreed to collaborate on missile research for the Counter Mass Interceptor program.

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