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15 January

A line of Land Rover Wolf 4x4 Utility vehicles follow a Pinzgauer 6x6 All Terrain Truck on the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area (DPTA) for Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024. Approximately 400-500 military vehicles and 1500 military personnel taking part in Ex STEADFAST DEFENDER line up on DPTA, Poland, for a Battle Group photo. 16,000 British soldiers are taking part in the largest set of NATO multi-national military manoeuvres in generation. Exercise Steadfast Defender will see these troops deploy across the entirety of Europe’s eastern flank, stretching from the far north of Norway, inside the Arctic Circle, all the way down to Georgia in the Caucasus’s. The British Army will be at the very forefront over the 5-month duration of Exercise Steadfast Defender, underpinning its position not only as the leading NATO European member state, but also one of its most potent. To put that into perspective; the Army is committing a 3* Headquarters, as well as two 2* Divisional and three 1* Combat Brigade Headquarters. These deployed formations will test, evaluate, and prove our ability to integrate and operate alongside our partners and allies, strengthening that collective and sustained commitment to European security. Along with those 16,000 troops, the UK will be sending massed armour including main battle tanks across to Europe aboard Ro-Ro vessels and loaded onto trains through the Channel Tunnel. Paratroopers will fly in from UK bases to seize strategic objectives and link up with NATO allied forces. Exercise Steadfast Defender will run from January through to May and comprise of 11 individual exercises in which British forces will participate alongside our NATO allies and partners.

UK Military Seeks Replacement for Land Rover, Pinzgauer Vehicles

The UK Ministry of Defence has issued a request for information on a potential vehicle to replace the British military’s Land Rover and Pinzgauer systems.

10 January

Europe

Giulia Bernacchi

UK Activates AI Monitoring System for NATO Undersea Infrastructure

The UK has activated a monitoring system supporting the NATO Joint Expeditionary Force to track potential threats to undersea infrastructure.

10 January

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Staff Writer With AFP

UK Announces Coalition Will Send Ukraine 30,000 New Drones

An international coalition co-led by the UK and Latvia will send 30,000 drones to Kyiv, Britain's Ministry of Defence said.

8 January

Air

Illustration of Proteus flying over the sea

Christine Casimiro

Leonardo, UK Debut Uncrewed Rotorcraft ‘Proteus’ Demonstrator Design

The UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), Royal Navy, and Leonardo have unveiled the design of “Proteus,” an uncrewed rotorcraft demonstrator.

8 January

Europe

Giulia Bernacchi

UK to Lead Next NATO Military Drills in Europe

The UK will lead allies in NATO's Exercise Steadfast Dart 25, contributing the largest share of personnel and equipment to the drill in Romania and Bulgaria.

Dec- 2024 -

26 December

Europe

Joe Saballa

Despite Salary Hike, Many Soldiers Leave British Military: Report

The UK is experiencing an alarmingly high attrition rate in its armed forces, with many soldiers continuing to leave the service despite a salary increase.

23 December

Drones - Latest News, Features & Expert Opinion

Joe Saballa

UK Army Tests ‘Drone Killer’ Radiowave Weapon That Costs Just $12 Per Shot

The British Army has tested a new radiowave weapon capable of taking down drone swarms “for less than the cost of a pack of mince pies.”

20 December

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

Australia, UK Advance Construction Plan for AUKUS Submarine Program

Australia and the UK have announced advancements in the AUKUS program to deliver a nuclear-powered submarine fleet for the Australian navy.

17 December

Europe

HMS Triumph, the last of the Trafalgar Class submarines still in service has arrived at HMNB Devonport for the last time before her decommissioning. The Boat gracefully transited across Plymouth Sound escorted by tugs boats and following-on craft from the Naval Base, after travelling down from HMNB Clyde submarine base in Scotland, where she had been operating from. HMS Triumph was laid down at Barrow Shipyard in February 1987 and commissioned less than five years later in October 1991, the last of the seven Trafalgar class submarines constructed for the Royal Navy. The current HMS Triumph is the tenth vessel and the second submarine to bear the name. The first Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561, and was the largest Ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. A square-rigged galleon of four masts, she served as the flagship of Admiral Frobisher during the battles of the Spanish Amarda.

Rojoef Manuel

Final British Trafalgar Submarine Sails to Plymouth for Decommissioning

The Royal Navy’s remaining Trafalgar-class nuclear submarine has arrived at its homeport in Plymouth for decommissioning.

14 December

Air

Concept of next-generation fighters under GCAP.

Staff Writer With AFP

UK, Italy, Japan to Develop Next-Generation Fighter Jet

The UK, Italy, and Japan on Friday launched a joint venture to develop a supersonic next-generation fighter jet by 2035, replacing the Eurofighter Typhoon.

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