General Sir Roland ‘Roly’ Walker has been appointed the UK’s new Chief of the General Staff. Walker will replace General Sir Patrick Sanders in June 2024. In a UK government… Continue reading "UK Appoints New Chief of the General Staff"
A Royal Air Force F-35B pilot ejected over the Mediterranean this morning during routine flight operations. The F-35B and its pilot are part of the HMS Queen Elizabeth’s air wing.… Continue reading "RAF Pilot Safe After Ejecting From F-35 Over Mediterranean"
Northrop Grumman, designer and manufacturer of the Multi-role Electronically Scanned Array radar used on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft, has announced that production of the first… Continue reading "First Royal Air Force Wedgetail Radar Now In Production"
The Royal Navy’s Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator, NavyX, has officially taken delivery of a new autonomous vessel. Madfox, or the Maritime Demonstrator For Operational eXperimentation, is now being prepared by… Continue reading "Royal Navy Officially Receives Madfox Autonomous Vessel"
The third week of March brought us more interesting defense news. Sadly, its seen several air incidents, the situation in Western Tigray raises many concerns as updated of satellite imagery… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (22-26 March)"
Compared to the direction laid out for tactical combat aircraft, the Defence Command Paper has more details for the Royal Air Force’s larger aerial assets. Unfortunately, very little of it… Continue reading "UK To Retire C-130Js 14 Years Early, Accelerate Sentry AEW Retirement"
After £430 million, ten years and the recent completion of over 80 percent of its long-delayed trials, the UK’s Warrior Capability Sustainment Program is no more. The axing of the… Continue reading "Warrior Capability Sustainment Program Axed In Favor Of Boxer"
In a recent Senate estimates hearing, Chief of Defence Force General Angus Campbell revealed that in March 2021, after the Brereton Report was released, the United States Military notified the… Continue reading "US Warns Australia about Future Cooperation Following Australian Special Forces War Crime Allegations"
Norwegian defense company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS have announced the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy)’s selection of the Naval Strike Missile. The Dutch Ministry of Defence stated that the… Continue reading "Netherlands Navy Selects Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missile"
In a 25 June article the New York Times, the newspaper reported the presence of Western special operations forces in Ukraine. The account was corroborated by three senior US officials… Continue reading "Are Western Special Operations Forces in Ukraine?"