H&B Defence – a joint venture between HII Nuclear Australia and Babcock – has secured its first contract to enhance supply chain capabilities for the global AUKUS enterprise through the Australian Submarine Supplier Qualification Pilot Programme.

The first of six Airbus H145 helicopters that will serve in Brunei and Cyprus has been handed over to UK MoD.

The UK’s Royal Navy (RN) has awarded Systematic a five-year extension for the ongoing support for leadership of the development of Message Text Formats (MTFs) and production of the NATO Message Catalogue (APP-11).

The UK Government confirmed yesterday - on the 80th anniversary of VE Day - that the UK is the first nation to secure a trade deal with the new US administration.

RTX's Raytheon has successfully completed the first flight test of its PhantomStrike radar on its Multi-Program Testbed aircraft.

Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce - worth £563 million - for the continued maintenance and repair of EJ200 engines for Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons.