First Steel Cut for SSBN Warspite
BAE Systems has today marked the start of construction of the third Dreadnought Class submarine, Warspite, at its shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Warspite is the third of four Dreadnought Class…
Harland & Wolff Signs Subcontract with Navantia for FSS
Harland & Wolff announces that it has now formally signed the manufacturing subcontract with Navantia UK in relation to the £1.6 billion FSS warship program. Under the terms of the…
Minehunting “Mother Ship” Arrives in Plymouth
A specialist ship bought to support Royal Navy minehunting operations – a mother ship to launch drones to find and destroy undersea threats – has arrived in Plymouth. When deployed,…
Royal Navy Unsung Hero Heading Back to the Front Line
The ship in charge of keeping the Royal Navy’s powerful aircraft carrier task groups fuelled and ready for action is returning to full operations after an extensive refit. RFA Fort…
UK Orders Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile for Surface Ships
UK and Norwegian authorities have today announced that they have agreed to further strengthen existing defense ties. The Royal Navy will receive the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), outfitted on Type…
Carrier Strike Group 5 Concludes Keen Sword 23
Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5 Sailors along with Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and Joint force U.S. military personnel, conclude Keen Sword 2023 (KS23), a biennial joint/bi-lateral field training exercise, around…
Reserve Air Branch Commissions as HMS Pegasus
Prince Michael of Kent was the principal Guest of Honor at a commissioning ceremony as the Royal Naval Reserve Air Branch became His Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Pegasus at Royal Naval…
HMS Forth Joins Exercise UNITAS off Rio de Janeiro
HMS Forth joined dozens of ships and aircraft from various nations in Brazil for the longest-running at-sea exercise. Sailors on the patrol ship sailed into Rio de Janeiro for Exercise…
SEA Torpedo Launcher System for Royal Navy
SEA will provide the UK Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates with upgrade to the torpedo launcher and countermeasures systems as part of a major new contract. Valued at £34m, which…