The first two of four units – and potentially 20 more – make up IHI’s Japanese constellation.
The maritime patrol aircraft will strengthen Australia’s anti‑submarine warfare, maritime strike and ISR missions.
Witnesses told MPs that the UK’s future defence-industrial resilience may depend not only on access to critical minerals but on rebuilding domestic refining and metallisation capability outside China.
Autonomous Collaborative Platforms will soon lead the UK vanguard, but what does it mean to deliver attritable self-reliance at scale?
