National Security

Drones and the UK Strategic Defence Review 2025

7 July 2025

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Angel Harper

written by SALIENT Academic Lead and Deputy Director of TAI Richard Kirkham and SALIENT co-investigator Prof Mike Lewis Professor Mike Lewis, University of Bath The 2025 Strategic Defence Review[1] (SDR) emphasised the integration of autonomous and semi-autonomous drone systems into the UK’s future force structure. References to “swarms”, “uncrewed targeting networks”, “Digital Targeting Web”, etc. underscored a vision of defence transformation…
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Ukraine drone strikes on Russian airbase reveal any country is vulnerable to the same kind of attack

12 June 2025

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Helen Kreissl

SALIENT co-investigator Prof Mike Lewis explores the ramifications of the recent Ukranian drone operation (Spiderweb) in a new article for The Conversation Michael A. Lewis, University of Bath Ukrainians are celebrating the success of one of the most audacious coups of the war against Russia – a coordinated drone strike on June 1 on five…
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New Working Paper from SALIENT

12 December 2024

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Helen Kreissl

The University of Manchester’s SALIENT initiative has released a working paper titled “Characterising the Landscape of UKRI Funded National Security and Resilience Research.”
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