All articles by John Hill

Reporter for Global Defence Technology digi-mag and its sister sites: Army, Airforce and Naval Technology.

In-depth: UK deployment in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Iran War has exposed longstanding gaps in the UK’s military capability But it has not stopped the armed forces…
UK support in the Gulf may put programmes at risk

The UK will have to think about allocating its limited funds to support Gulf partners in the short term British…
New project to ‘mass produce’ parts for US nuclear submarines

A new public-private project between the Navy and Hadrian will establish a factory to mass produce nuclear submarine components The…
Germany to buy off-the-shelf MEKO frigates amid F126 delay

Exasperated by the delayed F126 frigate programme, Germany has announced plans to purchase four MEKO A-200 frigates as an interim…
Ireland, UK explore options for joint defence procurement

Ireland and the UK signed a "refreshed" Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance bilateral defence cooperation Russia continues to pose…

UK forms ‘hybrid navy’ for the first time with order for 20 USVs

British supplier Kraken will deliver 20 medium-sized K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) to the Royal Navy under Project Beehive…
Filtronic target AUKUS needs with facility expansion

Filtronic, a micro electronics and non-kinetic effects specialist, increased its industrial capacity in Sedgefield six times over Peter Stocken, director…
Shahed UAS: Iran’s single, reliable weapon in the aerial theatre

While Iran’s ballistic missile strikes decline, its one-way attack drones are filling the void For defenders, the main challenge of…
UK goes public with its MRO facilities repairing systems in Ukraine

The UK Government has revealed, supposedly for the first time, that it has established four MRO facilities in Ukraine It…
US substitutes ‘stand-off’ for ‘stand-in’ munitions against Iran

US forces will expend JDAMs instead of its sophisticated stand-off missiles Defense Secretary says they have a near endless supply…