George Allison

The Ministry of Defence has declined to say what directed energy weapons it is developing alongside DragonFire, telling Parliament only that further announcements will be made when appropriate, in a written answer published this week.

It does not take very much to construct a military career on social media. Operation names and unit histories are public, photographs of serving

Russia has had no naval presence in the Mediterranean since June, the first time in a decade, and allied warships in European waters now outnumber Russian vessels by roughly three to one, a NATO official has told the UK Defence Journal.

A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III has flown from Riga to Moscow after arriving in Latvia from Joint Base Andrews, in an unusual American military air movement whose purpose has not been publicly explained.

We now know why a US Air Force C-17 made an unusual flight from Riga to Moscow: CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard the aircraft for meetings in the Russian capital.

A NATO RQ-4D Phoenix has returned to Sigonella in Sicily after a sortie lasting around 25 hours, most of it flown without appearing on public flight tracking.

Britten-Norman has begun ground testing the first BN2B-26 Islander completed through its reshored UK production line at Bembridge, with a first flight targeted for September.

QinetiQ has assembled Accenture, Northrop Grumman UK and ten specialist SMEs to compete for the Commissioning and Scaling contract within the British Army's Land Intelligence and Targeting Programme.

Sweden's Armed Forces have asked the government to expropriate a strategically placed property at the entrance to Muskö Naval Base, arguing that its Russian ownership and location create an unacceptable national security risk.

British Defence Intelligence says Ukrainian drone strikes damaged the Novomoskovsk Azot Chemical Plant, a major Russian industrial site linked to chemicals used in military explosives production.