Indra Land Vehicles and Iveco Defence Vehicles (IDV), a Leonardo company, have signed a strategic agreement to support delivery of a new amphibious combat vehicle for the Spanish Marine Infantry.

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Speaking to the UK Defence Journal, Rolls-Royce has outlined how its Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) could support both defence operations and wider energy resilience. #UDT2026

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QinetiQ is to support the Belgian government in establishing a sovereign electronic warfare capability under a new multi-million pound programme, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the UK and Belgium.

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Exercise Senne Hussar saw soldiers trial the launch of surveillance and strike drones from moving armoured vehicles, with live feeds shared across all troops in real time without crews needing to dismount.

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Ukraine’s Defence Forces conducted over 9,000 combat and logistical missions using unmanned ground vehicles in March, continuing a rapid expansion in the use of ground robots on the front line.

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Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats Alex Cole-Hamilton will pledge to make defence a central pillar of his party’s industrial and skills strategies ahead of the Scottish Parliament elections in May, the UK Defence Journal understands.

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Armed Forces Minister Alistair Carns, in a speech at the London Defence Conference, said the UK must adapt faster to modern warfare or risk falling behind potential adversaries. #LDC2026

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Rolls-Royce has begun construction on a large-scale battery energy storage facility in Falkirk, Scotland, marking the company’s first such project in the United Kingdom.

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The UK National Cyber Security Centre has revealed that Russian military intelligence operatives have been hijacking commonly used internet routers to intercept web traffic and steal login credentials.

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Scotland risks missing out on thousands of defence sector jobs due to skills shortages, warns Jamie Greene, with the Scottish Liberal Democrats calling on the government to do more to support the industry.

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