UK troops have test-fired the Sky Sabre air defence system on British soil for the first time.

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The Ministry of Defence has announced a £118 million purchase of six Land Ceptor missile launchers, a move that will double the British Army’s deployable Sky Sabre air defence systems.

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The Ministry of Defence has launched a request for information on technologies to counter fast, jet-powered drones, warning that the growing threat risks overwhelming current air defences.

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The Ministry of Defence has issued a notice seeking civilian providers to deliver multi-engine pilot training for Royal Air Force personnel between January 2026 and December 2027.

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According to reports by TVN24 in Poland, it has been confirmed that the object which fell in a cornfield in Osiny, Łuków County, on Tuesday night was a Russian drone.

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The U.S. Army has awarded Sikorsky, part of Lockheed Martin, an initial $43 million contract to begin engineering work on modernising the Black Hawk helicopter, according to an announcement made on 20 August. The funding will cover airframe improvements and the development of a new “digital backbone” to support future upgrades. The Army intends the […]

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The training centred on short-runway landings, sharpening crews’ ability to deploy aircraft and equipment under austere conditions.

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BREAKING – Britain is boosting its cadet forces by 40,000 and Air Cadets will now receive drone training as the systems become essential tools in modern warfare.

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The Royal Air Force has conducted a mid-air refuelling operation with the French Air and Space Force over the Middle East.

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American B-1B Lancer bombers flew in formation with Hungarian and Swedish JAS-39 Gripens over Riga, Latvia, on 19 August, in a NATO manoeuvre intended to signal allied resolve to Russia on the Alliance’s eastern flank.

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