To Wedgetail or not to Wedgetail, that is the question. And if you’re having fighter problems, I feel bad for you son – I’ve got fleet problems and the F-35 might be one.

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Despite being the only solution in development to fill the UK’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle requirement, uncertainty hangs over Lockheed Martin’s Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (CSP) which the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) could cut as part of its Integrated Review of defence security and foreign policy.

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A new report from the UK Parliament’s defence committee has called for countries including Russia and China to be barred from investing in the UK’s defence supply chain. The report added that the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic could leave UK companies vulnerable to bids from foreign firms.

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In an exclusive interview during International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2021, Lockheed Martin UK future concepts lead Mike Dalzell lifted the lid on the company’s future anti-armour concept designed to support future mounted close combat operations.

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The US and Russia have agreed to extend the New START Treaty for five years just days before it was due to expire, safeguarding limits on the two countries’ nuclear arsenals until 2026.

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Defence had started building its cloud computing infrastructure almost a decade ago, with the US Armed Forces being at the forefront of the modernisation effort.

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The Covid-19 pandemic came about as a result of ignoring long-term risks and is now an immediate global risk, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report. Climate change, state collapse and weapons of mass destruction remain a long-term threat.

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The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed up as an observer to the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) programme, as it weighs up options for a post-Challenger 2 tank capability.

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Army Technology lists ten of the most popular tweets on land warfare in December 2020 based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.

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The UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has found the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Equipment Plan to be unaffordable for the fourth successive year, adding that costs would be £7.3bn higher than budgeted over the next decade.

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