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27 July

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British Army Selects Ukraine-Proven Tekever AR5 Drone to Replace Watchkeeper

The British Army has chosen Tekever's AR5 surveillance drone, combat-proven in Ukraine, to replace its aging Watchkeeper drone fleet.

16 July

Europe

British Army soldiers. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence

Samantha Alexa

AI Combat Lab to Train 60,000 British Soldiers Each Year

The British Army is set to bring AI into the heart of combat training through a new digital Combat Laboratory.

14 July

Europe

Christine Casimiro

Babcock Completes Jackal 3 Vehicle Delivery Program for British Army

Babcock has completed the Jackal 3 delivery program for the British Army after the final vehicles rolled off the production line at its Devonport site in Plymouth.

13 July

Europe

Omnia Training, a Raytheon UK-led consortium, will provide the British Army with an integrated, digitally enabled collective training system to better prepare soldiers for modern warfare.

Jodesz Gavilan

UK Awards $2.6B Contract to Overhaul British Army Training

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Omnia Training a $2.6-billion contract to overhaul how British Army units train for modern warfare.

8 July

Europe

Christine Casimiro

UK Allots $254M to Join US Army’s Precision Strike Missile Program

The British Army is expanding its long-range strike capabilities, following the UK government’s announcement that it would join the US Army’s Precision Strike Missile program.

6 July

Europe

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

UK Firm Unveils AI-Powered ‘Drone Base in a Box’

British firm Urban-Air Port is targeting one of modern warfare’s key operational challenges: enabling rapid, scalable unmanned aerial vehicle launch, recovery, and sustainment.

Jun- 2026 -

30 June

Europe

(Representative only.) A British Army soldier during a military exercise. Photo: British Army

Samantha Alexa

UK General Says AI Tool Shrinks Military Planning From 72 Hours to One

The British Army’s top officer said the service’s AI-powered battlefield command system has slashed corps-level operational planning cycles by nearly 99 percent, dramatically speeding up military decision-making.

26 June

Europe