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Air Rapid Capability Development: BAE Systems successfully validated the modular BATS counter-drone system within eight months, demonstrating rapid integration of detection, tracking, and kinetic response…

Air GCAP Development: The UK, Italy, and Japan have awarded a £4.6 billion contract to joint venture Edgewing to progress the Global Combat Air Programme. This trilateral investment, part of…

Air Drone Transformation Strategy: A £5 billion investment over four years will accelerate the integration of uncrewed systems across all services to counter evolving threats.…

Air Rotary Wing Modernisation: The £148m delivery of H145 Jupiter HC Mk2 helicopters to Cyprus confirms the Defence Rotary Wing Strategy’s push to rationalise fleets, enhance interoperability, and…

Air Uncrewed Systems Capability: The new Swindon DroneTEX facility prioritises rapid innovation and fielding of autonomous systems, aiming to compress development cycles from…

Air Operational Maturity: The drone sector is transitioning from pilot projects to large-scale operational deployment, focusing on robustness, sovereign supply chains, and integration into defence and critical infrastructure…

Air Collaborative Air Combat Teaming: GA-ASI successfully demonstrated Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) between an F-35 and an MQ-20 Avenger surrogate using Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) communications and the TacACE autonomy architecture, validating…

Air Air Combat Autonomy: Demonstrations of Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) between F-35s and MQ-20 surrogate Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) using A-GRA architecture successfully validated BLOS tactical command links. Furthermore, the YFQ-42A CCA has resumed flight testing…

Air UK Defence Strategy and Capability Delivery: The UK MOD is accelerating sovereign autonomous capabilities through Project NYX, pairing TEKEVER systems with Apache helicopters for crewed-uncrewed teaming, and…