Italy became the third nation to operate its F-35Bs from the HMS Queen Elizabeth on November 22, with an Italian Air Force F-35B and an Italian Navy F-35B landing on… Continue reading "Italian and UK Carrier Strike Group F-35s Conduct First Crossdeck Flight Operations"
Aircraft of the United States Navy’s Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group and the Royal Navy’s UK Carrier Strike Group have conducted joint interoperability flights, the first time the two carrier… Continue reading "Carl Vinson and UK Carrier Strike Groups Train Together For First Time"
The United States announced Wednesday that it would be re-designating Houthi militants in Yemen as a Specially Designated Terror Group, with the designation to take effect 30 days from 17… Continue reading "U.S. Reinstates Houthis As Specially Designated Terror Group"
The UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that all 3 services of the United Kingdom’s armed forces are to take part in Exercise STEADFAST DEFENDER 24. The announcement comes… Continue reading "UK To Participate in STEADFAST DEFENDER 24"
The UK’s Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that a Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group is to visit Japan in 2025 as part of the flagship 2025 Indo-Pacific deployment. The… Continue reading "British Carrier Strike Group To Visit Japan in 2025"
On Tuesday, June 27, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense’s Defense Material Agency signed a contract with the Norwegian company Kongsberg to purchase two medium-range NASAMS air defense system launchers for… Continue reading "Lithuania Purchases Two NASAMS Air Defense System Launchers For Ukraine"
On 19 January, the US Department of Defense announced in a statement that it will provide additional military assistance to Ukraine. The second batch of equipment announced in January includes… Continue reading "Second Batch of Bradleys for Ukraine, Alongside Strykers and Avengers"
The UK Ministry of Defence has selected Team Resolute, a British-led, multi-national consortium, as the preferred bidder to construct its three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships.… Continue reading "UK Selects Team Resolute for Fleet Support Ships"
Overnight and in the early hours of the morning the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Chernihiv suffered significant bombardment, with civilian area struck. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense states that… Continue reading "UPDATES: War In Ukraine (Day 6)"
On 1 February, the UK released its first ever “Defence Space Strategy”. The release came alongside an announcement that over the next decade, the UK will invest £1.4 billion ($1.9… Continue reading "UK Publishes Defence Space Strategy; Pledges £1.4 Billion to Space Defense"