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SAE Media Group reports: Mr James Gavin, Head of the Future Capability Group, DE&S, UK MoD, is set to speak at the conference, in London this September.

The T400 VTOL UAS (left) and Windracers ULTRA fixed-wing UAS were trialled at Predannack Airfield as part of the UK DE&S FCG Heavy Lift Challenge. Speaking to at the SMi Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2022 (SMi MRAS 2022) conferenc...

The UK’s Royal Navy has successfully tested two heavy-lift drones that can carry supplies to Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.

As part of the broader British Army's human machine teaming (HMT) programme, the Future Capability Group (FCG) will launch a competition this year for the ‘Data Management Service', Lieutenant Colonel Iain Lamont, SO1 Robotics & Autonomous S...

DefendTex D40 nano-unmanned aerial vehicle. UK Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Future Capability Group (FCG) acquired nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (nUAS) from Elbit Systems and Atlas Dynamics, as part of the British Army's Robotics and...

The Integrated Review has set the British Army to spend £23-billion on their modernisation in the next four years. A part of this will go into the reorganisation of the British Army into seven Brigade Combat Teams (BCT).

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced at a press conference on 26 January that an agreement had been reached on the acquisition of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) from the United States. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej ...

FCG announced upcoming competitions at IAV 2022. James Gavin, head of the Future Capability Group (FCG), part of Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), outlined a number of upcoming competitions at the International Armoured Vehicle (IAV) 2022 ...

The Pentagon's chief weapons tester has identified five “reoccurring” problems with the US Army's new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) that need addressing during operational testing this year. In the “controlled unclassified information...

NATO gives industry aim points for next-gen rotorcraft By Dawn Zoldi | May 13, 2021 Estimated reading time 6 minutes, 6 seconds. NATO has published an unclassified list of required and desired attributes for its Next Gen Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) and has invited industry to pitch ideas for meeting those requirements and partner with the alliance to build the future speedy vertical-lift aircraft. NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) will host its industry day, currently schedu...