Overview

• Staffordshire Police were called at 3:50 a.m. to Moog’s Pendeford site and arrested four people on suspicion of criminal damage, with an investigation ongoing.
• Footage shared online shows a vehicle crashing through gates before activists climbed onto the roof and appeared to cut holes to reach equipment inside.
• A group calling itself Palestinian Martyrs for Justice claimed responsibility, saying the action aimed to destroy machines used to make components for F-35 and F-16 aircraft.
• Moog’s Wolverhampton facility designs and supports actuation and hydraulic systems for civil and military aviation, including components associated with the F-35 programme.
• The UK Government reiterated that some export licences to the IDF remain suspended while others continue, after courts upheld exemptions for F-35 parts supplied via a global pool.