U.K. Ministry of Defence

US and UK armed forces have completed their first joint field test of robotic convoys at the US Army's Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center.

The UK's Ministry of Defence has ordered three laser and radio-frequency weapons demonstrators. It promises £130 million (US$162 million) to test and evaluate the next generation of Directed Energy Weapons with field trials expected to begin in 2023 on Royal Navy ships and British Army vehicles.

After months of speculation, the British government has committed itself to developing an alternative satellite system if negotiations over the EU's Galileo system fail and has announced that it has begun A £92 million study to begin design and development of a sovereign British navigation system.

The world got a glimpse of the fighter plane of tomorrow as Britain's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson unveiled a concept model of the Tempest next-generation fighter jet to mark the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow.

Following in the US military's footsteps, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £30 million contract to the UK Dragonfire consortium to build a Laser Directed Energy Weapon (LDEW) Capability Demonstrator.

The British MoD has unveiled a new wearable sensor technology designed to keep track of squaddies and prevent friendly fire incidents. The Dismounted Close Combat Sensors (DCCS) system will allow commanders to track troops without GPS, while providing better situational awareness.

At the recent DSEI exhibition in London, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MOD) took the wraps off its Future Soldier Vision (FSV) concept that is based on projections of today's commercial and military technology.

The British MoD think-tank project Startpoint has unveiled Dreadnought 2050 – an automated fusion-powered surface warship of the year 2050 equipped with lasers, hypersonic missiles, and torpedoes that can travel at over 300 knots (345 mph, 555 km/h).

The U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has unveiled the Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS) that is set to replace the thirteen Type 23 frigates in Britain’s Royal Navy.

BAE Systems has presented the fruits of its Future Protected Vehicle program (FPV) to the U.K. Ministry of Defence, and it's an intiguing glimpse of the what we can expect to see in tomorrow's high-tech battlefield

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