All articles by John Hill

Reporter for Global Defence Technology digi-mag and its sister sites: Army, Airforce and Naval Technology.

UK misses self-imposed deadline for Defence Investment Plan

The UK government has missed its own deadline for publishing the Defence Investment Plan This long-awaited Plan will be issued…
UK signs up to European defence export treaty

UK joins France-Germany-Spain defence export control treaty, easing licence approvals and allowing up to 20% UK content without delay. Move…
Saab build a ‘software-defined’ aircraft fuselage

Saab and Divergent Technologies use software, robotics and additive manufacturing to build an aircraft fuselage, ditching traditional tooling practices The…
Turkish Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft crashes over Georgia

A Turkish C-130 cargo plane has crashed near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border Search and rescue operations are ongoing An investigation into…
Sweden host Nato conference on civil defence this week

Sweden will host a Nato conference on civil defence for allied military and civilian leadership through the first half of…

Steel sector changes have “low” impact on UK defence, says Minister of State

Upon an initial assessment, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) claim that the impact of changes in Britain’s steelmaking capacity on…
Trump pushes War Department to test nuclear weapons

US president Donald Trump has directed the War Department, formerly the Department of Defense, to restart the testing of nuclear…
Airbus launch second SATCOM for Spanish Armed Forces

The second SpainSat NG-II satellite was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral on 23 October 2025. Airbus and…
Ukraine will get at least 100 Gripen from Sweden in the long term

Ukraine will receive its first JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft sometime in 2026, as Sweden sets a path to send…
Aselsan fly MURAD 100-A fire control radar on another UCAV

A leading Turkish defence company Aselsan has integrated its MURAD 100-A fire control radar onto another uncrewed aerial combat vehicle…