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Re-reading my post in light of your thoughts I am brought back to the CCA. One issue discussed in conjunction with the CCA is the need for runway independence. It particularly becomes an issue for carriers. Attritable. I am not sure that I like that concept. It strikes me much the same way...

https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/low-cost-raf-attack-drone-made-mass-production-conflict This is fascinating. The RAF is planning on fielding four UAS systems Storm Shroud - an EW system Storm Chrome - a new EW system Storm Fighter - a CCA to be developed with the Royal...

You invest a billion dollars you want guarantees the stuff is going to work. You invest a thousand dollars and it doesn't work you buy another. Lockmart builds billion dollar systems. Anduril and similar SMEs don't have the same pressures. They can afford to fail fast and often.

More on virtual training https://www.navylookout.com/filling-the-gap-and-preparing-for-the-future-how-simulation-is-reshaping-royal-navy-individual-training/

Where do you train a hybrid navy? Salisbury Plain. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/how-the-royal-navy-will-train-to-fight-with-drones/

RAF Storm Fighter program https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/raf-autonomous-fighter-jet-named-storm-fighter/

Offensive space squadrons? https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-field-offensive-space-squadrons-in-national-first/

The postioning of the 1st MDTF as a brigade within the 7th ID loked strange to a bunch of us. Especially as it was originally marketed as a Theater asset. At the same time IndoPacCom/PacCom/Western Hemisphere (hard to keep up) was retaining 3rd MDTF. I thought that maybe the allocation to...

And where is our fleet of icebreaking tankers, roros and bulkers and support vessels?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/356460a80f089222 "The Australians and Germans have shown what is possible by fitting infantry-carrying Boxers with powerful 30mm cannons, transforming them into Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Britain should seriously consider following suit. It would provide a...

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/inside-virtual-warrior-the-royal-navys-secret-war-game/ Can the Royals launch a force?

RN Updates - lots of promises and some activity. ... https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-withholds-which-warships-will-get-new-missiles/. T26 and T45 are mentioned in the parliamentary question. The lack of answer gets me wondering if a retrofit to the River OPVs might not be forthcoming...

And it is not just the US playing catch up. https://www.businessinsider.com/satellite-images-how-russia-winning-race-arctic-united-states-behind-2026-7

Confirmation on the number of Norwegian "motherships" being bought for the RN. Three (3). Those motherships strongly resemble Coast Guard vessels already in Norwegian service. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-to-buy-three-mine-hunting-motherships/

Meanwhile, in Ukraine, the war continues: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/7d9bd241244bd6f4 "Why take your goalscorer off when you have just gone one-nil up?" "it comes down to different visions of how to fight the war. While Fedorov is credited with “digitising” the army, the older general...

This came across my feed. My very Canadian, unmilitary wife heard it. She immediately reacted and wanted to know: "What threat?" I suspect a lot of unmilitary Canadians will be asking the same question while confronting the prospect of the world intruding on their safehaven.

More MUSV news Marauder keel laid in August 2025 and launched in May 2026 (9 months) Keels 2 to 4 under construction with build times of 6 to 7 months estimated. https://www.navylookout.com/us-built-saronic-marauder-medium-uncrewed-surface-vessel-delivered-at-pace/ "Saronic’s first Marauder...

https://open.substack.com/pub/erinotoole/p/canada-must-leapfrog-in-defence-production?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=29ob66 Erin O'Toole and Leapfrogging Do we really know what the world will look like when the last sub is delivered? Buy 8 and take an option on 4 and invest in autonomy...

Funnily enough the Canadian archetype for the NDP, Tommy Douglas, never ran a deficit, paid expenses out of revenues and left no debt. But Tommy was an old fashioned Christian Socialist that believed in voluntary co-operation (hence Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation), not coercion. A Scot...

Two parts to the puzzle. Software and hardware. Can you make an aircraft fly without a pilot? Predominently a software issue and has been answered in the affirmative since the cruise missiles of the 1980s at least, if not the earlier target drones. The complexity of the array of inputs is...