Sustain-air-ble: RAF Voyager refuels mid-air using SAF

The Royal Air Force has completed an air-to-air refuelling flight using 43% sustainable aviation fuel

Three firms awarded £1.3m for nuclear decommissioning and defence telexistence tech

Telexistence technology has the potential to give those working in hazardous environments the capability to undertake tasks without physically being present

Denmark looks to phase out Russian gas

It is also looking to increase its defence spending

Troops to march on brighter days after first solar PV plant joins the Army

The project is part of a programme to increase renewable energy across the defence estate

UK invests £2m to protect military communications from offshore wind farms

More wind farms can be built by guaranteeing essential defence communications are not affected

UK’s critical services ‘skipping cyber guidelines’

Up to 39% of critical infrastructure organisations in the UK, including energy firms, have not completed basic cyber security standards. That’s according to Corero Network Security (CNS), a provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) defence solutions, which uncovered this information through 338 Freedom of Information requests. A DDoS attack involves making a machine or […]

Solar-powered plane lands after 14 days

Zephyr, the solar-powered plane that has been in the air for two weeks, it to come down to earth on Friday. Zephyr was launched on July 9 and flew above the US Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The unmanned, zero-emissions aircraft has been developed by QinetiQ as a cost effective alternative to traditional aircraft […]