With up to 28 warships and submarines in the pipeline, backed by defence spending rising to 2.5% of GDP, Britain is seeing a new Golden Age of shipbuilding. Speaking at the annual Sea Power Conference in central London, the Defence Secretary will announce that up to six new state-of-the-art warships will ...
A new game-changing weapon that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once is under development for the UK’s armed forces. This forms part of work to put the UK’s defence industry on a war footing following the Prime Minister’s announcement last month of an ...
Babcock International Group (Babcock), the defence company, has been selected by Saab to support the design for the development of the Swedish Navy’s new Luleå-class Surface Combatant. Saab, commissioned by FMV, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, will design four ships for the Swedish Navy. Babcock will initially provide engineering support including structural ...
Threats to our security are increasing in intensity, complexity and scale day by day, writes Andy Scott, managing director defence, UK, at Turner & Townsend. In the UK, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s commitment to raise national defence spending to reach 2.5 percent of GDP by 2030 comes in recognition of the ...
November 7, 2024
Maritime - W&O signs multi-year supply framework with Damen Naval for F126 Frigates
W&O Supply has signed a framework agreement with Damen Naval to supply valves, filters and instrumentation for the construction of
September 3, 2024
Maritime - Defying drones: DASA funded anti-drone sensor is purchased by the Royal Navy
Cheap, accessible commercial-off-the-shelf drones present a serious challenge to defence and security. This is exacerbated by their limited radar signature,
