UK Launches RAID Taskforce to Deploy AI Across Britain’s Armed Forces

Concerns over future levels of military spending in the U.K.’s long-awaited Defence Investment Plan (DIP) have led to the resignation of two Government ministers. Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed

Image: UK MoD © Crown copyright 2023 The UK government has launched the Rapid AI Delivery Taskforce (RAID), a new unit designed to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) deployment across Britain’s

Image: Airbus Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with Romania’s Ministry of Internal Affairs for 12 multirole helicopters. The order comprises seven H160 and five H145 aircraft, falling under the

Image: Social media Russian forces have begun applying striking black-and-white geometric patterns to military vehicles in a bid to confuse Ukraine’s AI-guided autonomous drones, reviving a counter-measure first developed during

Image: FMI, FKO – Morten Fredslund, Simon Elbeck Denmark has significantly expanded the combat capability of the Bornholm Regiment, delivering new armoured personnel carriers, updated rifles, and a growing logistics

Image: STARK Defence The Bundeswehr has successfully progressed trials of AI-enabled drone swarm technology, integrating loitering munitions, reconnaissance platforms, and command and control software in a combined recce-strike exercise. Defence

Image: Martyn Tech Ukrainian uncrewed aerial system (UAS) developer Martyn Tech has delivered the Adis, a satellite-controlled heavy quadcopter, to Ukraine’s Defence Forces. The platform removes the radio horizon constraint

Image: Airbus European aerospace manufacturer Airbus Helicopters has unveiled the U145, an autonomous uncrewed aerial system (UAS) derived from its proven H145 helicopter. As per a recent press statement, the

Image: Fabien Tremoulinas via Wikimedia Commons Swiss federal procurement authority armasuisse has signed a contract with KNDS for the acquisition of 32 AGM wheeled howitzer systems mounted on the Piranha

Image: UK MoD The UK has launched a new specialist phase of Operation Interflex, its multinational Ukraine training programme, transitioning away from large-scale infantry instruction and into aviation, medical, engineering

Image: Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman has highlighted the capabilities of its AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), a mobile Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) system designed to provide air surveillance, fire

Image: Elbit America Elbit Systems of America and Anduril Industries have announced a strategic teaming agreement to offer the SIGMA Mobile Tactical Cannon for the U.S. Army’s Self-Propelled Howitzer Modernization

Image: Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Typhoon jets are operating around the clock in Romania alongside their Romanian Air Force counterparts, protecting the Alliance’s eastern flank as part of

Image: Thales Bushmaster vehicles Australia’s combat-proven protected mobility vehicle heads to Europe under an urgent operational request Thales will accelerate delivery of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles to the Netherlands Armed

Image: Schiebel Austrian UAS manufacturer Schiebel has secured a role in a major European Defence Fund initiative, with its CAMCOPTER S-300 chosen as the airborne platform for the SWORD anti-submarine