UK given stark warning over ‘very limited’ air defence systems

Exclusive: Key defence contractor says UK’s capabilities are ‘negligible’ as a result of long-term under-investment

Britain’s air defence systems are “very limited, to the point of being negligible”, a key defence contractor has claimed, as the Ministry of Defence warned of the gravest risk of attack from the skies in 30 years.

Northrop Grumman UK, a leading provider of defence technology to the RAF and Royal Navy, offered its assessment in response to questioning by a parliamentary committee examining lessons to be learned from the war in Ukraine.