LONDON, United Kingdom. The UK Ministry of Defence has announced plans to fast-track the development of the DragonFire laser weapon system for installation on Royal Navy ships, MBDA announced in a statement.

ROME. Aerospace and defense firm Leonardo has accepted a project from the Italian Ministry of Defense (through the contractual agency Teledife) that intends to use supercomputers, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), and cloud computing aboard a constellation of what it calls "cybersecure" satellites orbiting the earth. 

PORTON DOWN, Wiltshire. Qinetiq won a contract from the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory to better protect the British Army's land armored vehicles from using drones and other weapons, the company announced in a statement.

LONDON. Leaders of defense organizations in Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom signed a trilateral Collaboration Agreement to deliver the concept phase requirements of a next generation combat aircraft for the Global Combat Air Program (GCAP).

LONDON, England. Leonardo UK plans to display a variety of its capabilities and products at the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) tradeshow, focusing particularly on its advanced avionics, mission systems, and future combat air development efforts, the company announced on its website.

LONDON, England. BAE Systems and Leonardo UK will further develop and integrate the European Common Radar System (ECRS) Mk2 radar into the Royal Air Force's Typhoon fighter jets, according to a statement from the Eurofighter Typhoon consortium, which is made up of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, and Spain.

LONDON, England. BAE Systems has received a prototype of the European Common Radar System Mk2 (ECRS Mk2) from Leonardo for integration and testing with the UK Typhoon fleet, according to a company statement.