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UNITED KINGDOM AND NATO
29 Aug 25. Tiberius Aerospace, a modern defence technology company built to empower the UK, US and their global allies and partners with next generation weapon systems and AI powered solutions, launches GRAIL. Tiberius GRAIL is a next-generation, AI-powered software platform designed to transform how weapon systems are manufactured, evaluated, deployed and sustained and is a foundational pillar of the Tiberius Defence-as-a-Service (DaaS) model. GRAIL was born from the desire to rapidly quantify and analyse all available data across multiple defence related systems and domains to align how weapon systems are evaluated, designed, manufactured, deployed and sustained with best practice from Silicon Valley. The first output of this GRAIL analysis was SCEPTRE, launched in May 2025 at Future Artillery. Having been positively received by multiple key defence organisations, GRAIL is now being launched as a platform to empower NATO members, global allies and the defence industry with an agile defence ecosystem, independent weapon analysis and intelligent national resilience planning tool. User-centric, problem-orientated, data-driven and bringing full accountability and transparency to capability development, GRAIL fuses real-time insights from both the battlefield and technology sector, to deliver war-winning capabilities at affordable, relevant and scalable speed. While technology is evolving at lightning speed on the battlefield, an increasingly contested peace demands economic agility and industrial innovation at pace. GRAIL analyses, quantifies and qualifies solutions to these strategic challenges, delivering national capital efficiencies and enhanced domestic resilience. GRAIL enables a decentralised, data-driven and collaborative defence ecosystem (GRAIL Alliance) where contractors, suppliers, manufacturers and allied governments work together to build faster, smarter and more adaptive defence capabilities while ensuring interoperability and maintaining sovereign controlled sourcing. At its core, GRAIL comprises two critical modules; Lethality and Agility. GRAIL Lethality calculates weapon system relative cost and efficiency against target sets in all environments, enabling allied members to objectively assess inventory, investment and system-of-system balance. GRAIL Agility establishes a component marketplace for thousands of suppliers to collaborate and compete in a secure, vetted and managed environment. GRAIL Agility ensures every vetted manufacturer is exposed to a global community of technology vendors who compete on price and performance in a continuous and transparent process of spiral development, delivering timely, data-validated, war-winning solutions at affordable cost. The benefits of GRAIL are available to all vetted contractors, OEMs, sub-system suppliers, academic labs and government organisations by joining the GRAIL Alliance. Unlocking the full potential of the dual-use industrial base, GRAIL Alliance members benefit from recurring, trusted exposure to MoDs across allied nations. The GRAIL Alliance is also being launched alongside GRAIL today. Already, the Alliance is on the cusp of onboarding 100 vetted organisations with more joining every day. Tiberius will be participating in a DSEi panel discussion ‘Defence-as-a-Service (DaaS): Continuous innovation – decoupled manufacturing’ on Wednesday, 10th September 2025 at 1500 hrs at the Cyber & Specialist Operations Command (CSOC) keynote forum. Fusing UK and US defence innovation expertise with current operational experience, GRAIL and DaaS will be central themes.
Andy Baynes, Co-founder and CSO of Tiberius said, “Defence supremacy is not defined by the most lethal systems alone. It is secured by weapons that endure, adapt, and evolve for every warfighter, in every domain. GRAIL transforms this challenge into strength by uniting breakthrough design with broad, secure mobilized national supply chains. For the first time, every allied nation can wield Silicon Valley style speed, agility and continuous innovation in pursuit of peace through strength.”
EUROPE
05 Sep 25. Berlin considers purchase of Eurofighters, modernisation of Taurus cruise missile. The German government plans to seek parliamentary approval for around 80 defence projects by the end of the year, including the purchase of Eurofighter jets and the modernisation of the Taurus cruise missile, according to a document seen by Reuters. The document outlines 81 defence projects that surpass the threshold of 25m euros ($29m), beyond which purchases need approval by parliament’s budget committee. (Source: Reuters)
USA
05 Sep 25. GAO: millions of dollars in incentives wasted to remedy F-35 delays. Completion of the costly Block 4 modernisation of F-35 will not be ready until 2031. Ms of dollars in US government incentives are being wasted to rectify delivery delays for the F-35 multirole aircraft, according to an assessment from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a public spending watchdog. The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded the aircraft builder, Lockheed Martin, and F135 engine maker, Pratt & Whitney, bns to deliver the most sophisticated platform in the world. But in an effort to help both primes reduce delays, concerning upgrades through the Block 4 modernisation package, the government continues to provide incentives while the delays continue to worsen. For instance, the GAO found that in 2024, Lockheed delivered 110 aircraft; all of them were late by an average of 238 days, up from 61 days in 2023. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
REST OF THE WORLD
06 Sep 25. With Kuwait fighter jets stuck in limbo, Putrajaya explores backup plan for air force needs. Malaysia will consider other options to meet the country’s air defence needs following the delayed delivery of F/A-18 Legacy Hornet fighter jets from Kuwait, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. He said the matter arose due to uncertainties regarding Kuwait’s receipt of new aircraft from the United States, which has in turn delayed the handover of the jets to Malaysia.
“I was informed that Kuwait’s delivery of new jets from the United States has been further delayed. Therefore, we cannot wait without certainty, because Kuwait can only hand over the F/A-18s to us after they receive their new aircraft.
“If they do not get them, then they cannot hand them over to us. So, this raises the issue of how long we can wait to fulfil our requirements,” he told reporters after attending the BHPetrol Zakat Wakalah Contribution Presentation Programme at Dewan Muafakat Taman Air Biru here today.
He said therefore, his ministry is currently studying other options so that Malaysia does not end up in a disadvantageous position, including evaluating aircraft available in the market.
“If we just wait, we will not be doing anything to consider other options. So this is why we think we need to have alternatives, so that we are not left in a situation that does not favour us,” he said.
On Aug 26, Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Chief General Datuk Seri Muhammad Norazlan Aris was reported as saying that the force is reviewing all aspects before making a final decision on the plan to purchase second-hand F/A-18 Hornet jets from Kuwait. He also denied claims that the agreement had been cancelled, stressing that all considerations are still under evaluation. Meanwhile, Mohamed Khaled, who is also the Member of Parliament for Kota Tinggi, said the purchase of 18 FA-50 fighter jets from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), scheduled for delivery in 2027, is expected to meet the RMAF’s operational needs.
“In addition, we will also assess the capability of the Sukhoi MKM fighter jets we currently own, to determine if they are sufficient for the nation’s defence requirements.
“A detailed study is needed because beginning in 2027, all Hawk 108 and Hawk 208 light combat aircraft will be phased out of service,” he said. — Bernama. (Source: News Now/https://www.malaymail.com/)
05 Sep 25. India eyes nuclear-powered carrier, home-built navy jets in 15-year defence plan.
- Summary
- India may build a third, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
- Roadmap includes first use of domestic fighter jets on carriers
- Emphasis on drones, widely used in recent conflict with Pakistan
Bordered by strategic rivals China and Pakistan, both of whom India has clashed with in deadly fights in recent years, New Delhi is increasingly leaning on domestic defence companies to bolster capabilities and cut dependence on foreign suppliers such as Russia, France and the United States. (Source: Reuters)
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