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European air forces are modernising rapidly, spurred by the war in Ukraine, escalating tensions with Russia, and growing unease over reliance on American platforms like the F-35. This rearmament has laid bare a longstanding divide among European nations over combat aircraft development and procurement.At the forefront stand two advanced fighters: Dassault’s Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon.
“We have got SMEs [Small to Medium Enterprises] that have had to exit the sector,” Samira Braund, defence director at trade body ADS, told British lawmakers.
Giving evidence to parliament’s International Development Committee, the foreign secretary said that the UK would continue to prioritise those areas that the US has said it will no longer fund under Donald Trump
Zak Polanski says chancellor ‘does not understand the scale of the cost of living crisis about to hit this country”.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Harv Smyth, the United Kingdom’s Chief of the Air Staff, has commenced a three-day visit to India with the aim of reinforcing defence cooperation between the two nations.His arrival underscores the growing strategic importance of the UK–India partnership, particularly in the air domain, where training, operational exchanges, and joint engagements are steadily expanding.The
John Healey spoke after Israel’s military warned Iran had ballistic missiles that could potentially reach London
It is getting increasingly hard to square the encouraging rhetoric from the government over the rights of women and girls with the reality of what is happening on the ground, writes Sarah Champion, chair of parliament’s International Development Commi…
‘Gender equality should not become a footnote in UK diplomacy’, the committee’s chair, Sarah Champion, warns
India’s enduring partnership with Russia in the realm of defence remains a
cornerstone of its strategic posture, even as New Delhi navigates complex
choices in modernising its air force.
Recent speculation about abandoning the Su-57 fighter jet underscores not a
rift, but rather India’s pragmatic diversification strategy, bolstered by
decades of reliable
Experts have assessed the UK’s defence systems after Israel warned London was in range of Iranian missiles