UK Defence Journal

The US want to lead the industry – and they've got the market to be the leader argues Keith Hartley, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of York.

The blossoming of drones is not unlike that of the development of aircraft in the First World War argues Lt Col Stuart Crawford.

BAE Systems has received a $87.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for repair work aboard the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50).

NATO ships recently participated in the French Navy-led multinational mine warfare exercise, Olives Noires 24.

NATO naval forces, led by the Estonian Navy, have successfully carried out Operation Open Spirit 24, a minesweeping exercise designed to clear explosive remnants of war in the Baltic Sea.

This F-35A is the first of 32 ordered by Poland as part of its modernisation efforts to enhance its defence capabilities. 

Typhoon jets have been stationed temporarily in Tikkakoski, Finland, to participate in the United States-led exercise Swift Response.

Despite a claim by the Defence Secretary that the RAF has greater lift capacity today than at any point since World War II, the transport fleet has 16% less capacity than it did last year after 15 transport aircraft were withdrawn.

"Ukraine’s rightful place is in NATO. Ukraine will become a member of NATO."

Over 2,000 UK troops and 500 vehicles are in Estonia as part of Exercise Steadfast Defender, demonstrating NATO’s capability to coordinate large-scale military operations across Europe.

Without the vital services and skills provided by the RLC, the British Army would struggle to function.

Misconceptions can often take root and spread quickly, one incorrect claim is that the UK stores all of its nukes in Scotland because they're too dangerous to keep in England. 

Naval shipbuilding in Scotland has become controversial once again.