US opens funding tap to boost submarine manufacturing
US-based General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) has been awarded a $15.4bn cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract…
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Richard Thomas
Richard is editor-in-chief for defence and transport at GlobalData. He has worked the UK defence beat since 2014, and previously the defence and diplomatic beats in Muscat, Oman, from 2008-2013.
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Why can’t Royal Navy submarines operate under polar ice?
Royal Navy Arctic under-ice capability gap: HMS Trenchant broke through metre-thick ice during ICEX 2018, with the UK reaching an eight-year pause in…
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Is China’s Type 055 a cruiser or a destroyer?
China commissions two new Type 055 guided missile destroyers, bringing the PLAN fleet of the type to ten hulls New…
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Why wasn’t a Type 45 destroyer sent to guard Cyprus?
Missiles and drone attacks on UK military bases in Cyprus have raised questions about air defence capabilities The Royal Navy’s…
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Live: US military has munitions to sustain operations, says Hegseth
US CENTCOM continues its operations over Iran, striking hundreds of military and command targets in recent days The US military…
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A defence circus like no other: the UK and its DIP
The Defence Investment Plan was due in Q3 2025, before slipping inexorably through winter and possibly the spring Delays to…
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Could UK-Norway Type 26 frigates operate under joint command?
References in recent UK-Norwegian defence agreements and parliamentary responses indicate a potential joint force The UK could delay some of…
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Reader Poll: Two-thirds oppose US Navy shipbuilding strategy
The US is trying to find ways to counter a growing numerical disparity with its peer competitor in China The…
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Finland secures ReArm Europe funding for defence sector
Finland has revealed that it has secured ReArm Europe funding that will boost defence sector capabilities The focus appears to…
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Europe braces as US returns to Munich Security Conference
The emergence of a New World Order resultant from a radical shift in US policy has left Europe geopolitically adrift…