UK manufacturing startup Isembard - which manufactures components for aerospace, defence and robotics in factories powered by its proprietary agentic AI platform MasonOS - today announced it has closed $50 million in Series A funding, less than 12 months after its Seed round.

Blighter has won a contract to supply its ground surveillance radars and BlighterNexus AI-assisted software to an undisclosed Eastern European Army to protect the country’s national borders.

Quantum Systems has introduced its own unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) called MANDRILL, officially launching the ground robotics domain within the group of companies.

BMT is launching ROC-Sim - a scalable high fidelity virtual test environment and training solution enabling development, testing and assurance of uncrewed and autonomous systems - on the first day of Oceanology International, taking place next week at ExCel London (10th-12th March).

Serco has been awarded a contract extension with Bupa to deliver health services across Australian Defence Force (ADF) Health Centres for a further 12 months to 30th June 2027.

Babcock International Group, Fife College and Forth Valley College are to accelerate the development of Scotland’s defence and advanced manufacturing workforce through a new joint skills pact outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the three organisations.