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NCSC warns of China-linked botnet attacks on UK targets
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (145+ words) The NCSC describes the model as dynamic, low-cost, and deniable. Because the networks are constantly refreshed and nodes are shared across multiple threat groups, indicators of compromise disappear rapidly, a phenomenon the advisory terms "IOC extinction." Organisations relying solely on…...
US Air Force selects three firms for nuclear microreactors
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (312+ words) UK Defence Journal The US Department of the Air Force has selected three companies to potentially develop and operate nuclear microreactors on military installations as part of its Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative, pairing each firm with a specific…...
UK funds Qineti Q-led GPS alternative to protect from jamming
4+ day, 19+ min ago (188+ words) The two-year Urgent Compass programme will be used to inform future demonstration, production and deployment packages of work. Enhanced Long-Range Navigation, known as e Loran, is a terrestrially based system that provides an alternative to global navigation satellite systems in…...
Bell 505 selected for US Marine uncrewed logistics project
4+ day, 49+ min ago (259+ words) UK Defence Journal Bell Textron has been selected by Near Earth Autonomy to provide a Bell 505 airframe for prototyping an autonomous aerial logistics aircraft under the US Marine Corps" Aerial Resupply Vehicle, Expeditionary Logistics Increment 2 programme, according to Bell. The…...
Defence invites industry to space surveillance programme day
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (274+ words) UK Defence Journal The Ministry of Defence is inviting defence industry representatives to an industry day at Abbey Wood in Bristol on 29 June to discuss its ISTARI space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programme, with an estimated contract value of up…...
UK-built Skyhammer interceptor missile successfully tested
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (821+ words) The Skyhammer missile, produced by UK veteran-led start-up Cambridge Aerospace, was tested at one of Deep Element's defence development facilities in Jordan in demanding desert conditions, witnessed by Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard during a visit to…...
US Air Force eyes Alaska bases for AI data centres
3+ week, 3+ day ago (573+ words) The service has identified approximately 4, 700 acres of underutilised land across Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eielson Air Force Base, and Clear Space Force Station for the project. A Request for Lease Proposal has been published on the federal contracting website SAM. gov....
Premier undersea warfare event UDT 2026 kicks off in London
3+ week, 2+ day ago (355+ words) Opening proceedings, Rear Admiral (Retd.) Jon Pentreath described the conference as "the pre-eminent conference and exhibition dedicated to the underwater battlespace, adding that this year's event comes at a particularly consequential moment. "The world continues its apparent spiral out of…...
Herne set to become first Lloyd's Register-certified XLAUV
3+ week, 2+ day ago (370+ words) Developed as an extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle, Herne is designed for extended operations with a modular architecture that allows payloads and mission systems to be adapted as requirements evolve, with BAE Systems" Nautomate autonomous control system underpinning its operation. Lloyd…...
NATO seeks industry input for air defence sensing trials
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (277+ words) The initiative, known as Eastern Sentry, is being led in partnership with MIT Lincoln Laboratory and is intended to inform the design of NATO's next-generation Integrated Air and Missile Defence architecture, the UK Defence Journal understands. Industry and research organisations…...