Titanic Yard Revamped for New RFA Support Ship Building
Work has begun revamping the world-famous Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast so it can build three new support ships for the Navy. The existing fabrication halls at the shipbuilders…
Drone Tech Shown at Yeovilton With Vintage Predecessor
Walrus, meet Walrus. This is how far naval aviation has come in nine decades. In the foreground, the future: a Walrus drone, designed and built by Royal Navy experts like…
Queen Elizabeth CSG to Train Along the Norwegian Coast
The presence of the Carrier Strike Group provides the Norwegian Armed Forces with a unique opportunity to further develop cooperation and work more closely with our allies. Several exercises are…
A&P and Cammell Laird to Build Units for UK Type 26 Frigates
A&P and Cammell Laird have been awarded contracts by BAE Systems to build units for the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates. The advanced anti-submarine warfare vessels are being constructed at…
RN & RAF Shadow Russian Warships
Royal Navy warships and RAF patrol aircraft tracked a series of Russian vessels in the waters close to the UK in a concerted monitoring operation. HMS Tyne, HMS Portland and…
Royal Navy’s Light Cruisers from 1930 to 1945 and the Policy Behind Them
Synopsis: The Royal Navy in the 1930s was faced with the need to renew and replace its diminishing force of long-range trade protection vessels. Limited by the London Naval Treaty…
HMS Defender Celebrates Ten Years in Commission
Six oceans, more than a thousand days at sea and 270,000 nautical miles sailed. Those are some of the achievements HMS Defender is celebrating this week as the warship marks…
Schiebel & Thales Awarded Royal Navy Contract by UK Ministry of Defence
Schiebel and Thales have been awarded the Uncrewed Air Systems (UAS) contract “Peregrine” by the UK Ministry of Defence. This prestigious contract award will deliver the unrivalled CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS,…
RN Minehunting UUV Now in Bahrain
An uncrewed boat that can search for and detect underwater threats has arrived in the Gulf, in an important step towards autonomous mine-hunting operations, and a demonstration of the UK’s…