

All three partners will retain an equal 33.3 percent shareholding in the JV and it will be headquartered in the UK, in order to “ensure maximum alignment and collaboration with the GCAP International Government Organisation (GIGO),” which is also due to be based in the region.
By Tim Martin
Today’s bold remotely piloted aircraft technologies are shaping an even bolder vision for the future
Advances in RPA technologies signal a future where aircraft could operate from a variety of austere locations, making it much more difficult to find and target large air bases.
By GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Disclosure of the future force review comes amid intense political scrutiny over the credibility of UK warfighting capabilities and calls by lawmakers to increase defense spending.
By Tim Martin
As Breaking Defense toured Boeing’s Seattle area facilities where the E-7 radar plane will take shape, company officials talked about getting the bird in the air — and their vision for what it can do.
By Michael Marrow
As a militarily neutral nation, Ireland has long underfunded its defense forces, but threats posed to European security by Russia have prompted questions about Dublin’s maritime readiness.
By Tim Martin
“While the Plan continues to serve a useful purpose in reporting to Parliament on planned expenditure, the volatile external environment means this year’s Plan is already out of date,” said the NAO.
By Tim Martin
Air Vice-Marshal Lincoln Taylor, the RAF’s chief of staff for capability, described the “importance of control of the air” after observing the ongoing war in Ukraine.
By Andrew White
The MoD’s Richard Burton was unable to provide any specific details regarding the maiden flight, but said the plane would be a low-observable aircraft. Other details remain “highly sensitive.”
By Andrew White
The upcoming sole source contract to Boeing for more data on the Wedgetail suggests that the service may seek to eschew a competition.
By Valerie Insinna
The new UK space strategy “seems to be in Boris’ own words “spacetastic”: a positive big picture, but very thin on detail. The U.K. does not have the kind of money needed to fulfill all its aspirations,” said Alex Walmsley, associate fellow at RUSI.
By Theresa Hitchens
The MQ-9B is the latest in a line of highly successful and well-proven remotely piloted aircraft operated by a number of other sophisticated allied air forces, from those of the United States to France to Italy and beyond.
By General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.,
Congress stopped the US Army from cancelling advanced procurement, while Germany, Israel, and the UK are all potential purchasers – but none has signed a production contract yet.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
How are Air Force pilots training for a war with Russia or China?
By James Kitfield
Too often political and global power ambitions outstrip funding in the British military, analyst Justin Bronk writes.
By Justin Bronk