Defence giant Babcock yesterday received a £1billion boost as ministers extended a contract to maintain Challenger 2 tanks, artillery guns and Trojan armoured vehicles for the British Army.

The admission of that supply chain issues are having an impact on Challenger 3 is worrying, with the budget having significantly increased since 2021.

The Challenger-3’s impressive accoutrements ignore the fact that the British military cannot reliably produce this tank in a timely manner—or in the quantity that it believes it requires.

to support and maintain British Army equipment. According to the MoD, the contract extension will cover assets including the Challenger 2 MBT, 105mm artillery guns and Trojan armoured vehicles.

And he claimed the current British battlegroup ... Battlegroup based in Tapa (Army base) is described as 'best in class' by NATO and includes Challenger 2 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles ...

It produces UK based combat vehicles, playing a major role in the delivery of the British Army’s new Mechanised ... for platforms including the Challenger 2 and Challenger 3 main battle tanks ...

(Saab) PARIS — The British Army successfully tested a radio-wave weapon to knock out drone swarms, as militaries look for new ways to neutralize what has become one of the biggest threats on the ...

conducted a site visit and key leader engagement at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland on April 11, 2025, to get a firsthand look and gain a better understanding of the Army ...

(UK MoD/Crown copyright) The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Pearson Engineering unveiled the Weevil prototype of a new British Army robotic mine plough in a joint press ...