UK

Air Europe 

British Army Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft Crashes Near Aberporth

June 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Accidents/ Crashes, British Army, Elbit Hermes 450, Thales Watchkeeper WK450, UK, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), West Wales (Aberporth) Airport

A British Army Watchkeeper surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has crashed less than a mile from Penparc school in Aberporth at

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Europe Naval 

Babcock Team 31 Unveils Arrowhead 140 Design for Royal Navy’s £1.25B Type 31e Frigate Competition

June 17, 2018June 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Babcock Arrowhead 140 Frigate, Babcock International, Babcock Team 31, Frigate, Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate, Royal Navy, Type 31 General Purpose Frigate (GPFF), UK

Babcock Team 31 has unveiled Arrowhead 140 as its design for the UK Royal Navy’s new £1.25 billion Type 31e

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Europe Naval 

Thales, BAE Systems and CGI team to Offer Electronic Warfare Force Protection to the Royal Navy

June 17, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments BAE Systems, CGI Group Inc., Electronic Warfare (EW), Maritime Electronic Warfare Programme (MEWP) Royal Navy, Royal Navy, Thales, UK

Thales, BAE Systems and CGI have announced a strategic teaming agreement that will see the three companies bring together their

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Europe Naval 

Royal Navy Warship, HMS Ramsey Joins NATO Mine Clearance Taskforce in the Baltic Sea

June 15, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Baltic Sea, HMS Ramsey (M110), Mine-Countermeasure Vessel (MCMV), NATO, Royal Navy, Sandown-class minehunter, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), UK

The Royal Navy Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV), HMS Ramsey (M110), has joined a NATO mine clearance taskforce in the

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Europe Naval 

Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine HMS Talent to Begin Operational Sea Training After Major Refit

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments HMNB Devonport, HMS Talent (S92), Nuclear attack submarine (SSN), Royal Navy, Trafalgar-class SSN, UK

The Royal Navy’s Trafalgar-class nuclear-powered fleet submarine, HMS Talent (S92) is beginning intensive training to re-join the frontline operational fleet

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C4ISR Europe 

Saab Delivers Tenth Giraffe Agile Multi Beam (AMB) Radar to UK MoD

June 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments 3D Air Defense Radar, Air Surveillance Radar, MBDA Land Ceptor, Saab, Saab Giraffe AMB, Sky Sabre GBAD, UK

Saab has delivered the tenth Giraffe Agile Multi Beam (AMB) radar to the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) making

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Europe Missiles 

MBDA Completes Second Development Firing of Sea Venom/ANL Missile from Panther Test Helicopter

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Anti-ship missile, Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) France, Eurocopter AS565 Panther, France, French Navy, MBDA Missile Systems, MBDA Sea Venom / ANL, Royal Navy, UK

MBDA’s Sea Venom/ANL missile has successfully completed its second development firing from a French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA – Direction

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

British Army’s New Land Ceptor Air Defence System Completes Firing Trials

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense System, British Army, Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM), MBDA Land Ceptor, MBDA Missile Systems, Saab Giraffe AMB, Sweden, UK, Vidsel Test Range

The British Army’s new Land Ceptor air defence missile, was recently tested from the Vidsel Test Range in Sweden close

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Air Europe 

Britain’s First Four F-35B Advanced Fighter Aircraft Arrives at RAF Marham

June 7, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Fifth-generation jet fighter, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, MCAS Beaufort, RAF Marham, RAF Voyager MRTT, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy, UK

The Britain’s first four F-35B advanced fighter jets have arrived home to RAF Marham in Norfolk two months ahead of

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Air/ Missile Defense Europe 

Sea Ceptor air defense missile system enters service with the Royal Navy

June 5, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense System, HMS Argyll (F231), MBDA Missile Systems, MBDA Sea Ceptor, Royal Navy, RUSI Sea Power Conference, Type 23 frigate, UK

The Sea Ceptor air defense missile system that will protect the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers has officially entered service,

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