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UK's oldest defence and security research institute; primary open-source analyst on Ukraine drone campaigns and Hormuz maritime risk.
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#168 9 Aug
Mentioned in: Khamenei signs six decrees in a single day
Iran Conflict 2026#164 30 Jul
Mentioned in: Treasury names a Hormuz insurance racket
Iran Conflict 2026#164 30 Jul
Mentioned in: Bombing resumes hours after Jordan salvo
Iran Conflict 2026#161 24 Jul
Mentioned in: Saudi jets hit Houthi sites at Hodeidah
Iran Conflict 2026#19 23 Jul
Mentioned in: Houthi blockade cuts Saudi loadings 36%
European Oil Markets#25 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Zelenskyy swaps out his top general
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#7 17 Jul
Mentioned in: UK to buy three Norway motherships
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#155 16 Jul
Mentioned in: Bombing crosses inland to Ahvaz, Yazd
Iran Conflict 2026#154 14 Jul
Mentioned in: Blockade turns Hormuz threat to fact
Iran Conflict 2026#17 14 Jul
Mentioned in: OFAC blocks 28 tankers and Bank Markazi
European Oil Markets#11 13 Jul
Mentioned in: Helsing picks Plymouth for £350m plant
UK Startups and Innovation#7 13 Jul
Mentioned in: Navy retires HMS Chiddingfold at 42
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#23 11 Jul
Mentioned in: Ukraine's strikes move to the Azov
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#10 9 Jul
Mentioned in: NCSC names FSB Centre 16 over routers
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#15 7 Jul
Mentioned in: OFAC cuts the Iranian-oil waiver short
European Oil Markets#15 7 Jul
Mentioned in: AeroVironment opens two more NATO markets
Drones: Industry & Defence#149 7 Jul
Mentioned in: CENTCOM hits 80 sites; Iran claims Gulf
Iran Conflict 2026#7 6 Jul
Mentioned in: Thales buys Exail for EUR 3.9 billion
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#147 4 Jul
Mentioned in: Iran names naval chief with no decree
Iran Conflict 2026#23 3 Jul
Mentioned in: Escort capacity caps Hormuz LNG throughput
European Energy Markets#143 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Tehran shuts its airspace on 6 July
Iran Conflict 2026#5 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Britain names four uncrewed warship classes
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#14 28 Jun
Mentioned in: £5bn UK drone plan follows Healey exit
Drones: Industry & Defence#141 26 Jun
Mentioned in: US strikes Iran's minelayers in Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#12 26 Jun
Mentioned in: EU targets shadow fleet's service layer
European Oil Markets#140 26 Jun
Mentioned in: US bombs Qeshm, first strike since deal
Iran Conflict 2026#138 25 Jun
Mentioned in: IRGC rejects the Oman Hormuz route
Iran Conflict 2026#9 23 Jun
Mentioned in: EPSRC doubles AI-lab spend to £60m
UK Startups and Innovation#21 23 Jun
Mentioned in: Iskander kills three in Kryvyi Rih
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#4 23 Jun
Mentioned in: Allied robot minehunters reach the Gulf
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#22 22 Jun
Mentioned in: Belarus relays go dark, no shot fired
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#136 22 Jun
Mentioned in: What the Navy does while Trump posts
Iran Conflict 2026#135 21 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump talks war, signs no orders
Iran Conflict 2026#21 21 Jun
Mentioned in: Zelenskyy confirms 3,000 km drone range
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#21 20 Jun
Mentioned in: Bridges cut on Kherson's east bank
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#21 18 Jun
Mentioned in: Drone strike shuts Kapotnya near Moscow
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#9 17 Jun
Mentioned in: GL 134C lapsed clean, no successor
European Oil Markets#8 17 Jun
Hosted the NCSC CEO's annual security lecture on 17 June 2026
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: NCSC counts 200+ UK infrastructure hits#7 15 Jun
Mentioned in: US Ebola entry ban nears expiry
Pandemics and Biosecurity#128 15 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran and US name Hormuz two ways
Iran Conflict 2026#126 13 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran's drones, the US shield over Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#125 11 Jun
Mentioned in: US strike kills three Indian sailors
Iran Conflict 2026#20 11 Jun
Mentioned in: 85 Shaheds hit Kharkiv before big strike
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#7 10 Jun
Mentioned in: UK cyber bill drops payment regime
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#123 9 Jun
Mentioned in: US strikes four Iranian sites near Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#122 9 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump turns his threat on Netanyahu
Iran Conflict 2026#3 8 Jun
Mentioned in: Europe bids for the AUKUS seabed
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#119 6 Jun
Mentioned in: Putin renews HEU offer at SPIEF
Iran Conflict 2026#118 5 Jun
Mentioned in: IDF kills engineer, warns three villages
Iran Conflict 2026#6 5 Jun
Mentioned in: Drone hits Oman's last safe oil route
European Oil Markets#2 4 Jun
Mentioned in: Milrem builds THeMIS outside Estonia for Ukraine
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#117 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Bahrain runs low on Patriot interceptors
Iran Conflict 2026#4 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Britain stands up its first robot fleet
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#114 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Ghalibaf pre-refuses any Iran deal text
Iran Conflict 2026#111 28 May
Mentioned in: Iran fires ballistic missile at Kuwait
Iran Conflict 2026#112 28 May
Mentioned in: US threatens Oman, its oldest Iran link
Iran Conflict 2026#3 28 May
Mentioned in: GL 131F resets the Lukoil sale clock
European Oil Markets#1 27 May
Mentioned in: Robot minehunter now sails for Hormuz
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#110 27 May
Mentioned in: Iran airs draft deal; US calls it fake
Iran Conflict 2026#108 25 May
Mentioned in: US strikes Iran's naval base mid-talks
Iran Conflict 2026#18 24 May
Mentioned in: Russia fires first dual Oreshnik salvo
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#6 21 May
Mentioned in: Europol seizes First VPN in Saffron raid
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#4 21 May
published valuation of $1.2-1.4bn and criticism of the UK policy easing
European Oil Markets: Starmer reopens UK door to Russian fuel#103 20 May
Mentioned in: Hormuz coalition: 8 days deployed, no rules published
Iran Conflict 2026#17 20 May
Mentioned in: Syzran Hit, Quarter of Refining Halted
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#10 20 May
Mentioned in: UK sends GBP 115M to Hormuz drones
Drones: Industry & Defence#104 20 May
Mentioned in: Rial bill, yuan portal, two ships
Iran Conflict 2026#10 19 May
Mentioned in: NATO F-16 downs drone over Estonian soil
Drones: Industry & Defence#102 18 May
Mentioned in: Iran and Oman draft Hormuz bilateral
Iran Conflict 2026#9 18 May
Mentioned in: Northrop banks two drone awards in one week
Drones: Industry & Defence#101 17 May
Mentioned in: Italy deploys minesweepers to Hormuz coalition
Iran Conflict 2026#10 17 May
Mentioned in: RAF Typhoons fire APKWS in Gulf combat
Drones: Industry & Defence#100 17 May
Mentioned in: Tasnim corroborates €50m Majlis bounty bill on Trump
Iran Conflict 2026#1 16 May
Mentioned in: GL 134B dies, Urals $28 over the cap
European Oil Markets#96 13 May
Mentioned in: UK names Typhoons, HMS Dragon for Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#4 13 May
Mentioned in: National Wealth Fund writes first defence cheque
UK Startups and Innovation#97 13 May
#16 13 May
Mentioned in: 800 drones as Trump calls peace close
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#5 13 May
Mentioned in: Fractile lands NATO and CIA chip cash
UK Startups and Innovation#99 12 May
Mentioned in: Bahrain and Qatar sign Hormuz coalition pact
Iran Conflict 2026#95 11 May
Mentioned in: Turkey, Egypt, Netherlands in one day
Iran Conflict 2026#95 11 May
Mentioned in: HMS Dragon sails before the ceasefire
Iran Conflict 2026#93 9 May
Mentioned in: UK reportedly sends warship for Hormuz mission
Iran Conflict 2026#94 9 May
Mentioned in: HMS Dragon sails for Hormuz without rules of engagement
Iran Conflict 2026#8 8 May
Mentioned in: Ukraine lands 347 drones on Moscow's Victory Day
Drones: Industry & Defence#90 7 May
Mentioned in: Northwood mission still on the dock
Iran Conflict 2026#91 7 May
Mentioned in: Hormuz tolls paid in yuan, $2m a ship
Iran Conflict 2026#5 5 May
Mentioned in: Innovate UK opens £15m drone competitions
UK Startups and Innovation#89 4 May
Mentioned in: Truxtun and Mason run the gauntlet
Iran Conflict 2026#88 4 May
Mentioned in: Project Freedom enters Hormuz on 4 May
Iran Conflict 2026#7 4 May
Mentioned in: Six Arc7 carriers face binary maintenance fork
European Energy Markets#87 2 May
Mentioned in: IRGC declares standby, quantifies surviving fleet
Iran Conflict 2026#15 1 May
Mentioned in: Refineries hit 16-year low; drones flip
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#10 1 May
Mentioned in: UK tenders GBP 130M Watchkeeper swap
Drones: Industry & Defence#5 1 May
Mentioned in: UK cyber sector clears 14.7bn pounds
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#8 1 May
Mentioned in: AISI: GPT-5.5 matches Mythos on 32-step attack
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#84 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Hegseth signs as Secretary of War
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: First Tehran-Moscow flight after 60 days
Iran Conflict 2026#3 28 Apr
Hosted Liz Kendall's AI sovereignty address
UK Startups and Innovation: Kendall names UK chip five at RUSI#81 27 Apr
Mentioned in: Putin condemns war; Il-76s carry the kit
Iran Conflict 2026#82 27 Apr
Mentioned in: Yeltsin Library, not Kremlin, hosted Araghchi
Iran Conflict 2026#7 24 Apr
Mentioned in: Anduril joins Golden Dome OTA pool
Drones: Industry & Defence#78 24 Apr
Mentioned in: OFAC cuts fifth round, 14 targets
Iran Conflict 2026#2 23 Apr
Mentioned in: EU maritime ban stays on the shelf
European Oil Markets#80 23 Apr
Mentioned in: Sentinel-2 catches 33 IRGC boats off Kargan
Iran Conflict 2026#6 23 Apr
Mentioned in: 20th sanctions: Arc7 ban live, maritime ban blocked
European Energy Markets#77 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Vahidi's IRGC writes the diplomatic track
Iran Conflict 2026#76 21 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump asks for eight women; judiciary denies sentences
Iran Conflict 2026#76 21 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump extends ceasefire on Truth Social post
Iran Conflict 2026#7 21 Apr
Mentioned in: RTX demos reusable Coyote against swarms
Drones: Industry & Defence#14 21 Apr
Mentioned in: SSU Alpha drones hit Samara, Tuapse, Gorky
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#74 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Northwood drafts Hormuz rules without Gulf signatures
Iran Conflict 2026#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Northwood coalition moves from planning to established
Iran Conflict 2026#71 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Northwood drafts the rules of engagement
Iran Conflict 2026#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Tasnim claims IRGC drones hit US vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#73 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Baqaei: uranium 'as sacred as Iranian soil'
Iran Conflict 2026#74 19 Apr
Mentioned in: US warship seizes Iranian cargo ship Touska
Iran Conflict 2026#72 17 Apr
Mentioned in: Paris coalition is 51 nations, not 40
Iran Conflict 2026#3 16 Apr
Mentioned in: CL-STA-1132 exploited PAN-OS since 16 April, log destruction confirmed
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences#10 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Lithuania buys 48 Merops drone killers
Drones: Industry & Defence#6 15 Apr
Mentioned in: AISI confirms Mythos 20-hour attack chain
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#70 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran tanker tests Cooper blockade claim
Iran Conflict 2026#6 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Healey commits £752M for 120,000 Ukraine drones in Berlin
Drones: Industry & Defence#6 14 Apr
Mentioned in: UKDI fibre-optic call mandates SAPIENT, commits no budget
Drones: Industry & Defence#68 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Sanctioned tankers slip Hormuz on day one
Iran Conflict 2026#13 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Germany signs €4bn for Ukraine, routes Raytheon directly
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#67 13 Apr
Mentioned in: UK leads 40-nation rival coalition against blockade
Iran Conflict 2026#67 12 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump orders blockade on a tweet
Iran Conflict 2026#64 10 Apr
Mentioned in: Pakistan Host Neutrality Blown on X
Iran Conflict 2026#65 10 Apr
Mentioned in: Half of Iran's missiles survive, WSJ reports
Iran Conflict 2026#64 10 Apr
Mentioned in: Hezbollah Missile Hits Tel Aviv Range
Iran Conflict 2026#5 10 Apr
Mentioned in: UK buys Skyhammer from unproven startup
Drones: Industry & Defence#12 9 Apr
Mentioned in: White House freezes all Patriot exports
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#12 9 Apr
CEPA scale check: 0.46% of Russian oil
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#12 9 Apr
“published research on russian oil export resilience”
Russia-Ukraine War 2026 · source event
#62 8 Apr
Mentioned in: Forty days of war, zero new executive instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#5 8 Apr
Mentioned in: UAE absorbs 2,256 drones since February
Drones: Industry & Defence#5 8 Apr
Mentioned in: UK concedes fibre drones beat its defences
Drones: Industry & Defence#5 8 Apr
Mentioned in: UK doubles drone spend to £4 billion
Drones: Industry & Defence#10 8 Apr
Mentioned in: France scraps two drones for mass buys
Drones: Industry & Defence#5 8 Apr
Mentioned in: Anthropic withholds Mythos from public release
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#61 7 Apr
Mentioned in: US carriers slip out of strike range
Iran Conflict 2026#60 6 Apr
Interceptor Crisis Reaches Projected Depletion Window
Iran Conflict 2026#59 5 Apr
Mentioned in: CIA Deception Enabled Ground Rescue Inside Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#59 5 Apr
Mentioned in: Riyadh Embassy Attack Was Far Worse Than Disclosed
Iran Conflict 2026#58 4 Apr
Arrow-3 stocks hit 81 per cent drain
Iran Conflict 2026#59 4 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran War Burns Through Pacific Missile Reserves
Iran Conflict 2026#57 3 Apr
Mentioned in: IDF Kills Iran Ballistic Missile Commander in Kermanshah
Iran Conflict 2026#58 3 Apr
Mentioned in: First US jet downed; officer missing
Iran Conflict 2026#11 2 Apr
Mentioned in: Russia Supplies Iran with Upgraded Drones and Satellite Intelligence
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#55 1 Apr
Mentioned in: UAE Stops 2,469 Missiles and Drones
Iran Conflict 2026#53 31 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump drops Hormuz as core war objective
Iran Conflict 2026#53 31 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran cluster warhead hits three cities
Iran Conflict 2026#53 31 Mar
Arrow-3 81% gone; full depletion looming
Iran Conflict 2026#4 25 Mar
Mentioned in: Microwave and Laser Weapons Reach the Field
Drones: Industry & Defence#46 23 Mar
Mentioned in: Starmer shuts Parliament out of Iran war
Iran Conflict 2026#46 23 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC turns on absent aerospace commander
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: IDF: Berlin and Paris in Iran's range
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: A-10s and Apaches hunt Hormuz fast boats
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: UK opens RAF Fairford to US Iran strikes
Iran Conflict 2026#6 20 Mar
Mentioned in: Russia spends 38% of budget on war
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#6 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Drones hit S-400 depot in Sevastopol
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Greek Patriot battery fires at Yanbu
Iran Conflict 2026#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Israel strikes Iran's Caspian naval base
Iran Conflict 2026#6 17 Mar
Mentioned in: 286 clashes on 18 March — 2026 record
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#6 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Ukraine hits 20 Russian air defences
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#6 6 Mar
Published 6 March commentary arguing manpower is the binding constraint on attritable mass
Drones: Industry & Defence: RUSI says manpower, not production, gates attritable mass#6 6 Mar
#4 2 Mar
Mentioned in: UK Awards First Nyan Drone Contract
Drones: Industry & Defence#6 24 Feb
Mentioned in: Ukraine opens drone factory in Suffolk
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#1 1 Jan
Mentioned in: MOD opens £20m fund to defence newcomers
UK Startups and Innovation#1 31 Dec