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An “all-British” autonomous fighter jet is now expected to use an American engine after a cost-related clash between defence giants BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce.

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents.

Andy Burnham is expected to unveil an £8.4 billion investment for nuclear submarines to get the new HMS Dreadnought through its sea trials and ready for service by the 2030s.

A catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed the personal details of tens of thousands of Afghans was a “foreseeable failure” covered up by secrecy for “too long”, a damning investigation has concluded.

Iran is expected to receive within weeks the first shipment of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense missile launchers under a deal worth $60 million-$70 million, three sources familiar with the agreement told Reuters.

Two former Tory defence secretaries have backed using defence bonds to raise the funds needed to boost spending for the UK’s military and security, which The Independent understands is under consideration by new chancellor John Healey.

Babcock Land Defence, acting for the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded BAE Systems a four-year, £4 million contract to supply components for artillery, howitzers and armoured vehicle weapon systems, including the 105mm Light Gun.

Pursuit of ‘deep strike’ weapons capable of hitting Russian interior brings Berlin and London together – and sidelines French arms industry

Britain’s biggest defence companies have seen a £4bn boost to their value since the surprise appointment of John Healey as chancellor.

At a secret location in southern Germany, the manager of a drone factory owned by Helsing SE — Europe’s most valuable artificial-intelligence defense start-up — hands me a lethal killing machine to cradle in my arms.

Russia is “chapping on the door of NATO countries,” Labour MP Frank McNally has warned, in a debate over the Defence Investment Plan,

The first ship of the planned joint Anglo-Dutch amphibious fleet is intended to enter service in the 2030s, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard has told the House of Commons.

The United Kingdom has joined five NATO allies in launching a multinational project to develop new ground-based deep precision strike capabilities, including new launchers and missiles, NATO has announced.

UK fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian plane after it came “unnecessarily close” to Britain’s flagship carrier in the Arctic Circle.

Metalworking tools made by the German company Gühring continue to be supplied to Russia despite their use by dozens of defense plants — from the Kalashnikov Concern to PO Mayak, which produces plutonium for nuclear weapons.

Labour’s UK defence ­investment fund is around £14billion short of what Forces chiefs insist they need to keep the nation safe.

Plans for a new destroyer to replace Britain’s ageing warships have been scrapped as part of changes to the long-awaited defence investment plan aimed at prioritising drones and modernising the military.

Andy Burnham should publicly offer to provide a nuclear umbrella over Europe if he becomes the UK’s next leader, a top European diplomat told.

QinetiQ is to install an additive manufacturing facility at HM Naval Base Clyde capable of producing submarine components on demand at the dockside, in a development that is intended to reduce the time boats spend alongside between operational patrols.

A Royal Navy sea drone crashed into a racing yacht and caused thousands of pounds in damage after it “went rogue” in a harbour.

Andy Burnham is set to become the next Prime Minister within weeks – and will immediately be confronted with a daunting intray of problems facing the country.

Ten years on from Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union, much of the rancour and vitriol between London and Brussels has gone.

Ukraine has continued to pursue high-level corruption cases even as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds through its fifth year. The aggressive push reflects not only domestic pressure, but Kyiv’s need to prove to the EU, NATO, and Western donors that wartime aid and future reconstruction funds can be protected.

The two women accusing Sir Jeffrey Donaldson of sexually abusing them as children have been described as "not sufficiently reliable" for the jury to reach a guilty verdict.