UK Ministry of Defense

The UK is set to upgrade the Sea Viper air defense system that equips its Type 45 destroyers to enable improved capabilities against ballistic missiles.

The U.S. military says the Jan. 11 barrage of air strikes targeting Houthi forces inside Yemen has inhibited the group’s ability to conduct complex attacks.

Yemen’s Houthi movement could face military action after ignoring warnings from international governments over ongoing drone and missile attacks.

The UK Defense Ministry says Cawdor Barracks, formerly a U.K. Royal Air Force flight training base, has been named as the preferred DARC site.

The UK is to install a telescope on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to improve British space domain awareness capabilities.

A notice issued by the Defense Ministry says the UK is ordering six Airbus H145 Jupiter helicopters along with three years of support services.

The UK has issued a new policy framework for its pursuit of a positioning, navigation and timing framework to guard against an outage during an emergency.

London has introduced new laws after former UK military pilots were found to have been providing training to China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force.

Leonardo Helicopters has revealed a model of what it calls a “mature concept” of the 2-3-metric-ton rotary-wing UAS demonstrator, which the OEM hopes to fly in 2025.

A notice to industry released by the UK Defense Ministry says it wants to focus on developing laser weapons for both maritime and ground-based air defense.

The UK government has named Grant Shapps as Secretary of State for Defense after the departure of Ben Wallace.

New research shows evidence of Russia's indigenous manufacture of Iran’s Shahed one-way attack uncrewed air systems.

The UK Defense Ministry signs an RTX contract extension for 1,000 Landshield anti-jamming antennas.

Backed by European and UK research programs, Rolls is evaluating “vast unknowns’’ posed by the future move to hydrogen-fueled propulsion.

Officials hope investments such as Radar 2 may encourage Eurofighter Typhoon export customers such as Saudi Arabia to sign on the dotted line for more fighters.

UK lawmakers question the Defense Ministry's ability to rapidly deliver lethal aid to the armed forces.

The UK is further adapting its security and defense apparatus to deal with what ministers see as an “epoch-defining challenge” from China.

The UK is to raise its defense spending by £5 billion over the next two years, reflecting concerns about threats from Russia and the rise of China.

The UK and France will advance work on the development of a new-generation cruise missile and anti-ship missile.

Saudi Arabia and the UK have signed an agreement for closer collaboration concerning future combat aircraft.

Babcock will manage and operate the UK Defense Ministry’s communication satellite constellation Skynet, winning out against competition from Airbus and others.

The UK and Japan have signed a defense cooperation deal enabling them to deploy forces into each other’s countries.

The UK will tilt power projection towards the Indo-Pacific region in response to the growing threat posed by China, a review of the UK foreign and defense policy has outlined.

Johnson now can push through his vision of Brexit on Jan. 31, 2020 ending Parliamentary and legal deadlock.