Over 200 senior business leaders, investors, policymakers and academics from across the UK gathered this week at the Lancashire Cyber Festival to discuss Lancashire’s opportunity to become a global leader in cyber-enabled defence and security.

Clarion Events Defence and Security has announced the appointment of Colonel (ret) Bernd Kögel as Managing Director of DSEI Germany, effective 1st October 2025.

Raytheon UK has been awarded the Gold Employee Recognition Scheme award by the Ministry of Defence, in recognition of Raytheon UK’s ongoing commitment to the armed forces community and their support for the Armed Forces Covenant.

With the Ministry of Defence doubling down on technology to futureproof the UK’s armed forces, this year’s DSEI UK (9th–12th September, Excel London) will unveil its updated Tech Zone with more than 100 tech companies, a hub for the cutting-edge innovation which is set to reshape British defence and security.

The new Janet Harvey Hall has officially opened at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, transforming shipbuilding on the Clyde.

BAE Systems has officially opened a digital engineering hub in the West Midlands which will develop talent to support UK submarine building and provide 150 jobs in the local area.

Smith Myers has joined forces with aviation training and simulation provider JD2E to showcase their latest solutions at the Paris Airshow 2025.

At the Paris Air Show (16th-22nd June 2025), Thales is presenting a new electronic warfare solution to meet the need for more closely integrated electromagnetic dominance operations across all military units.

Safran Electronics & Defense and Babcock International Group, have announced plans to increase collaboration across multidomain mission systems, aircraft engines, space systems, tactical and strategic communications.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's new national carrier Riyadh Air, has signed a deal at the 55th Edition of Paris Air Show at Le Bourget with Rolls-Royce for 100 Trent XWB-97 engines to power its fleet of up to 50 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.

Babcock France, part of Babcock International Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French aircraft manufacturer Aura Aero at the Paris Airshow, to develop Integral, a new-generation electric training aircraft with aerobatic capabilities.

PTC has unveiled its model-based definition (MBD) capabilities within its Onshape computer-aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM) platform - with Aura Aero - at the Paris Air Show.

The UK Defence Secretary John Healey has officially opened a landmark £25 million BAE Systems artillery factory that is the first to restore critical gun barrel manufacturing capability in the UK.

QinetiQ recently delivered live and virtual operational training for the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group and NATO allies as part of Exercise Med Strike.

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has enabled a major multinational training exercise alongside NATO allies on Braunton Burrows Training Area, demonstrating its crucial role in supporting military capability.

Saintfield based thermoforming company, Donite Plastics has been awarded Manufacturer of the Year (under £25 million) at the recent Insider Made in Northern Ireland Awards, recognising the specialised work it does in the design and manufacture of custom moulded plastic parts.

A journey through space was just one of a number of fantastic opportunities available at Babcock's Rosyth facility this week as the defence company rocketed 300 school pupils’ ambitions at the company’s annual Festival of Engineering.

The British School of Aviation (BSA) and the International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) have launched a joint initiative aimed at supporting industry and the next generation of aerospace engineers.

Aerovolt's Pipistrel Velis Electro - the world’s only commercially available electric aircraft - has been put through its paces by TV presenter James May in an epic race for DriveTribe against his former Top Gear colleague Richard Hammond driving an electric Taycan Turbo GT model Porsche.

A new facility using cutting edge electron beam technology to build the next generation of semiconductor chips - and the first of its kind in Europe - was opened yesterday at the University of Southampton by Science Minister Lord Vallance.

The Academy of Defense Industries (ADI) and Cranfield University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the Human Capability Initiative event to advance collaborative research and teaching and to build skills in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

XTI Aerospace unveiled its tradeshow model of the TriFan 600 aircraft at last month's Avalon Airshow, the southern hemisphere's largest airshow, in Melbourne, Australia.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened BAE Systems’ Applied Shipbuilding Academy in Glasgow at a ceremony at the Company’s Scotstoun site.

Polar Technology today announced it received a Gold Tier Award from BAE Systems’ Partner 2 Win programme.

Donald Campbell’s record-breaking jet hydroplane, Bluebird K7, returned to her home at the Ruskin Museum in Coniston last month and was back on display in time to celebrate what would have been Donald Campbell’s 104th Birthday.

Recently appointed Oxford-Cambridge Innovation Champion and Science Minister, Lord Vallance was at Cranfield University earlier this month for a special roundtable event with business leaders, university representatives and local authorities from the central area of the corridor around Cranfield, Milton Keynes and Bedford.

Work to build four new accommodation blocks for personnel has officially commenced at RAF Digby, in Lincolnshire.

ODU Connectors will be showcasing its sealed connectors and contacts solutions at Ocean Business, being held next month (8th-10th April) at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.

Cranfield Alumni Debora Comparin and Dr Raúl González Muñoz were named as winners in the 2025 British Council Study UK Alumni Awards for France at a ceremony in Paris on 13th March.

Altus Group is to host its inaugural User Day on 21st May at Altus HQ in Redditch, which will focus on the latest innovations and best practice in SMT conformal coating process and inspection technologies.

Technology giant IBM has backed plans to diversify the UK’s cyber sector and encourage young people into cyber careers, as the government safeguards online services which deliver economic growth and is central to its Plan for Change.

The keel of the first of the UK’s new Dreadnought submarines, the most powerful and technically advanced boats ever designed for the Royal Navy, has been laid at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard.

ADS has entered a new strategic partnership with Hub Exhibitions aimed at delivering a global event for the world-leading UK space industry.

The UK Space Agency and the Scouts have launched a brand-new Space Activity Badge for Explorer Scouts - the first badge of its kind for the 14 to 18-year-old Scout section - announced by Scout Ambassador and UK astronaut, Tim Peake at the Science Museum in London.

NW Pro have been announced as the winners of the ADS Security Innovation Award during the Home Office’s Security and Policing Exhibition for their product NexuSec.

Scottish Leather Group business Muirhead, today unveiled its newest people-first design concept, which seeks to improve accessibility for blind and visually impaired travellers.

Thompson Aero Seating will be officially launching its new VantageNOVA First at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) 2025, 8th-10th April, Hamburg Messe.

Blighter will be hosting delegations from Estonia, Iraq, Latvia and Lithuania at this year’s Security & Policing (S&P) exhibition - the global security event organised by the UK Government - taking place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, 11th to 13th March 2025.

The Digital Manufacturing Centre (DMC), an advanced production facility and additive manufacturing (AM) innovation hub, hosted the latest UK MoD Strategic Command’s Additive Manufacturing innovation event, on 5th March 2025.

SPX Communication Technologies, formed by TCI and ECS, will be showcasing its Data Links, COMINT and Counter-UAS capabilities and solutions at this year's Home Office Security & Policing Global Security Event, being held at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, 11th-13th March 2025.

County Durham-based developer of radiation and automated biological pathogen detectors, Kromek, will be exhibiting at the annual Home Office Security & Policing Global Security Event at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, 11th-13th March 2025.

Babcock has launched a national series of events today in Bristol, aimed at inspiring the next generation of talent into STEM careers and the engineering and defence industry.

Viasat has been recognised by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) with a Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award as part of the company’s commitments under the UK Armed Forces Covenant.

EDGE and Leonardo have signed a groundbreaking collaboration agreement to further enhance their partnership in developing solutions across six critical domains.

Milanion has signed a contract with Republikorp (RDI) at IDEX in Abu Dhabi, for the supply of 20m USV Conversions to the Indonesian Navy.

A ceremony has been held to mark the topping out of new medical and dental centre at Leuchars Station in Fife.

Galvion has announced the receipt of several recent orders from the Middle Eastern region for a total of 35,000 Baltskin helmet systems, coinciding with its participation in the IDEX exhibition in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 17th-21st February.

Safeguarding Britain’s security and its citizens from crime, will become founding principles of the UK’s approach to responsible AI development from today, as the Technology Secretary outlined a revitalised AI Security Institute in Munich - with the UK’s AI Safety Institute becoming the UK AI Security Institute - to address AI risks to national ...

Allen-Vanguard is launching its next-generation RF Multi-Function Cyber Electromagnetic Activities (CEMA) Platform at IDEX 2025 in Abu Dhabi next week (17th-21st February).

Marshall and Lockheed Martin have come together to celebrate a major milestone in their long-standing partnership this week, with leaders from both companies gathering in Cambridge, UK, to mark the 50th anniversary of Marshall’s appointment as the world’s first C-130 Hercules Service Centre (HSC).

The UK-India strategic partnership has taken another major step forward with the formal launch of Defence Partnership – India (DP-I) and the signing of several defence agreements at Aero India 2025.

Coventry based industrial automation specialist FANUC UK, is continuing its efforts to help inspire the next generation of engineers by supporting a search to find the UK’s best young robotics talent.

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper brought together policing leaders, the National Crime Agency (NCA), the Mayor of London and leading tech companies last week, to drive new action to tackle mobile phone thefts and secure a collective effort to grip this criminality.

More than 1,200 roles with 20 employers will be available as Manchester Airport hosts a jobs fair at Wythenshawe Forum later this month, with opportunities available in everything from airport security to hospitality.

A science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roadshow for schools that has been running for 20 years - launched by BAE Systems in 2005 - has secured £3.5 million worth of funding to continue for a further five years.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened a new electro-optics facility at Thermoteknix in Cambridge and presented the company with the King’s Award for Enterprise trophy for Innovation, in recognition of the company’s groundbreaking development in thermal imaging.

Clarion Events Ltd have today announced the launch of DSEI Germany - organised by Deutsche Messe AG in partnership with Clarion, who organise the security and defence exhibitions DSEI UK and DSEI Japan - to be held for the first time 19th-22nd January 2027 at the Messegelände Hannover Exhibition Grounds.

The British Safety Council has agreed a strategic partnership with Safety Health and Wellbeing (SHW) Live for its new summer event in London, on 18th and 19th June at Olympia – the only dedicated event for the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) community based in Londo.

Defence Minister Maria Eagle today opened Babcock's Submarine Availability Support Hub (SASH) in Bristol, which adds to the 42,000 jobs and supply chain of 3,000 businesses already supporting UK efforts to maintain the country's continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent.

At the ADS Annual Dinner last night, Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS, welcomed Defence Secretary John Healey, as the importance of innovative contributions from ADS' sectors towards driving UK security and prosperity, was recognised.

Earlier this week (21st -22nd January), European industry leaders, IT service providers and NATO decisionmakers gathered at the NATO Cloud Conference in Brussels to explore technologies and strategies for adopting secure cloud-based solutions for handling highly classified information.

More than 2,400 jobseekers checked in to this year’s Glasgow Airport Jobs Fair hoping to get their aviation career off to a flying start.

British soldiers are set to benefit from 623 new state-of-the-art Boxer armoured vehicles, as the first fully British-made Boxer was unveiled at the International Armoured Vehicle Conference (IAVC) today in Farnborough.

In a departure from a three-decade tradition of producing armour solutions for the world’s elite miliary and law enforcement units, Integris Composites today unveiled its Concealed Response Shield System (CRSS).

The latest cadre of 124 Police Scotland probationers have been sworn into the office of Police Constable at ceremonies across the country.​

Thales is set to debut the tracking capabilities of DigitalCrew this week at the International Armoured Vehicles Conference (IAVC)being held 21st-23rd January 2025 at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre.

Galvion has officially unveiled two additions to their head systems portfolio, which are being showcased this week at SHOT Show 2025, taking place in Las Vegas on 21st-24th January.

Moog, in collaboration with two UK vehicle primes, will showcase new configurations of the Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) at Defence IQ’s International Armoured Vehicles Conference (IAVC), taking place 21st-23rd January at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre.

Supacat will be demonstrating the configurability and protection of its High Mobility Transporter (HMT) Armoured Closed Cab (ACC) from aerial threats with the onboarding of Moog’s Integrated Reconfigurable Integrated-weapons Platform (RIwP) Short Range Air Defence Weapons System, at the 25th annual International Armoured Vehicles ...

Thales in the UK’s Land team is gearing up for its first event of 2025 – the International Armoured Vehicles Conference (IAVC) – being held next week at IAVC’s new home in the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, from Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd January.

HRH Princess Anne has opened a new Immersive Skills Lab, a purpose-built, fully flexible learning space at Capita’s Fire Service College (FSC), created to support practical and collaborative firefighter training and skills development.

The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) presented the 2023 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Squadron of the Year Award to the 111th Attack Squadron (ATKS) of the Texas Air National Guard, Joint Base Ellington Field, Texas.

Six employees at the County Antrim-based injection moulding company IPC Mouldings undertook the ILM Leadership and Management Programme over a 13-week period, before graduating at an awards ceremony held in Ballymena last month.

ODU-UK Ltd will once again be showcasing their connector solutions at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, taking place at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre from 4th to 6th February.

Specialists from NASA, Babcock, Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems, UK Ministry of Defence and the US Government, have been confirmed as speakers for the Farnborough International Space Show (FISS) and The 40th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE), taking place at Farnborough in the UK during March 2025.

Maria Eagle MP, Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry, visited Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land’s (RBSL) Telford facility yesterday, to see how RBSL is supporting the delivery of sovereign capability through innovation, collaboration and investment as part of the UK’s Defence Industrial Strategy.

British Army officer Captain Olivia ‘Liv’ Flaherty, Royal Corps of Signals, has won the prestigious Engineer Officer of the Year 2024 award, receiving her award at the Worshipful Company of Engineers awards dinner for the Armed Forces from Air Vice Marshall Shaun Harris CBE, Chief Engineer RAF.

Bridlington based manufacturer of advanced soldering materials and consumables, SolderKing, will be highlighting innovations in soldering and manufacturing efficiency at the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Show from 4th-6th February 2025, which is taking place at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre.

Epsilor Electric Fuel Ltd. has completed the development if its new generation NATO 6T Li-Ion battery for military vehicles, which will be displayed at the 2025 International Armoured Vehicles Conference (IAVC) in Farnborough, 21st-23rd January 2025.

Rhopoint Components will be showcasing products it supplies as a specialist distributor of precision electronic components, sensors, connectors and modular systems at the Farnborough International Space Show (FISS) 2025, being held in the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre 19th-20th March.

Easyfairs has acquired UK Metals Expo Limited. This move seamlessly complements Europe’s largest network of powerhouse industrial events, which boasts 30+ manufacturing and industrial processing exhibitions and earlier this year saw Southern Manufacturing & Electronics added to Easyfairs’ distinguished portfolio.

The UK and Australia will today reinforce their economic and defence partnership and bolster cooperation on shared global challenges at this year's AUKMIN meeting.

His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for Europe, Chris Barton CMG, met with Andrew Howell, Managing Director and Emi Howell, the Head of EU Defence Sales, at BCB International Ltd. in Cardiff yesterday.

Today, the UK's Business Secretary and Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry will hear from the defence industry, hosting a CEO roundtable on driving investment into the sector.

Last month, a joint QinetiQ-Inzpire team delivered Sharpshooter, a training exercise at sea designed to improve a warship team’s response and ensure they are as well prepared as possible for a wide range of evolving surface and aerial threats, like those they could face on operational deployment.

Supporting global security and tackling increasing threats were the focus for Defence Minister Lord Coaker on a visit to South America last week, where he held talks in Chile and Brazil with his counterparts and industry, as the UK strengthens relations with partners around the world.

XLR Executive Jet Centres has been named as the Air Charter Association’s (ACA) Handling Agent/FBO of the Year 2024.

Cranfield University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST), with a special signing ceremony at the Qatar Embassy in London.

Glacial Flyers, a group of students from Hitchin Boys’ School in Hitchin, were crowned this year’s winners at the 2024 RTX Quadcopter Challenge Final on 3rd December at RAF Cosford.

The Combined Space Operations Initiative (CSpO) partners met in Florence, Italy, this week, celebrating the partnership's 10-year anniversary, exchanging views on space threats and advancing space security, whilst endorsing a joint statement reaffirming the importance of CSpO’s mission and the commitment of its members to the Outer Space ...

Hadean is working alongside Deloitte to deliver mission-critical capabilities for NATO that will address evolving threats.

A ceremony has been held at RAF Marham to mark the start of work on the second of four new Single Living Accommodation (SLA) blocks for personnel at RAF Marham.

LPE has become the first in the world to run two Axtra3D Lumia X1 printers, having announced the addition of another Lumia X1 to its production capabilities at Formnext 2024.

UK based defence firms will be prioritised for government investment under a new Defence Industrial Strategy being launched today, that will drive economic growth, boost British jobs and strengthen national security.

British, German and French aerospace trade associations have signed the creation of Aero Excellence International association to improve operational excellence, sustainability and cybersecurity within the aerospace, defence and space supply chain.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group has launched a specialised cyber facility to accelerate collaboration across nuclear operators and the supply chain, on the adoption of innovative technologies such as AI and robotics and enhancing their collective ability to successfully defend against cyber threats.

Northern Ireland based body armour specialist, Vikela, has marked an impressive growth phase with the recent relocation to a larger facility in Bangor.

To help the UK stay ahead in the 'new AI arms race' the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, will today announce the launch of a new Laboratory for AI Security Research (LASR), at the NATO Cyber Defence Conference, positioned to protect the UK and its allies against new threats.

Rolls-Royce Submarines today celebrated the opening of a new office in Glasgow by the Rt Hon Maria Eagle MP, Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry, creating over 100 new jobs in the region.

An ambitious programme of reform to policing has been unveiled by the UK's Home Secretary, marking the start of a new partnership between government and policing.

Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) fought off strong competition to be named as the winner of the coveted Public Sector Organisation of the Year category at the annual Association for Project Management (APM) Awards 2024.

Tom Bacon (1904-1992), an engineer who developed a fuel cell used to power the Apollo 11 spacecraft which made the first moon landing, has been recognised with a commemorative blue plaque marking the impact of his work.