Typhoon fighter aircraft were launched from RAF Lossiemouth on 14 April after an unidentified aircraft was tracked approaching the UK area of interest.

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Saab has received an order worth approximately SEK 2.6 billion from Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration for a mobile counter-unmanned aerial system designed to protect both military forces and civilian infrastructure from drone threats.

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The UK will supply more than 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year as part of what the government describes as its largest drone package to date.

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More than 1,000 UK jobs are set to be supported under a new GBP 879 million contract to maintain and support the British Army Apache attack helicopters and the Royal Air Force’s Chinook heavy-lift fleet.

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The Royal Air Force A400M Atlas fleet is showing improved availability and output, with more aircraft returning to service and flying hours increasing, according to the Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry.

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The contract action is intended to enable Lockheed Martin to increase production rates and deliver what the company described as record numbers of the combat-proven interceptor to American and allied forces this year.

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Airbus is preparing two Kratos Valkyrie uncrewed combat aircraft for their first flight with a European mission system later this year, as the company works towards offering the German Air Force an operational capability by 2029.

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Ukraine and Norway have agreed on priority areas for defence cooperation including air defence, unmanned systems, and defence innovation ahead of the next Ramstein-format meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.

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The Ministry of Defence intends to award a contract worth approximately GBP 15 million to Serco for continued engineering support and airfield services at Royal Naval Air Stations Yeovilton and Culdrose.

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The U.S. Air Force is taking steps to potentially build one or more artificial intelligence data centres at three military installations in Alaska.

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