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Navantia expands Methil yard for defence work
Navantia UK says investment at its Methil yard has reached £26.7 million as the Fife site is modernised for naval construction and a growing portfolio of defence work.
US attack submarine output still short of Navy goal
The US Navy has bought forty-one Virginia class attack submarines since 1998 and has funded most of them at a rate of two boats a year, but the two American nuclear shipyards have never delivered at that pace.
First Hunter-class frigate keel laid in Australia
BAE Systems Australia has laid the keel of NUSHIP Hunter, the first of Australia’s new Type 26 frigate-derived Hunter-class anti-submarine warfare vessels.
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Russian vessels mapping UK undersea cables
Russian specialist submarines have been used to survey critical undersea infrastructure in and around British waters according to a report published by the U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Navantia recruits 28 shipbuilders for Belfast FSS work
Navantia UK is recruiting welders, platers and pipefitters at Harland & Wolff in Belfast as it expands the workforce building three 39,000-tonne Fleet Solid Support ships for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Royal Navy trials heavy-lift drone from patrol ship
HMS Trent has completed the first flight of a Malloy T-150B heavy-lift drone from a River-class Batch 2 patrol ship, testing how uncrewed aircraft could support ship-to-shore logistics and disaster relief.
Cost and risk questions raised over US battleship plan
The first of the US Navy's proposed guided missile battleships would carry a procurement cost of between $17.6 billion and $18.9 billion if bought in FY2030, with subsequent ships estimated at $12.2 billion to $13.1 billion each.
US technology runs deep in Dreadnought programme
The Royal Navy's Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarines share a missile compartment design, a propulsion technology exchange and a missile with the American Columbia class now taking shape at Groton, a set of dependencies laid out in a Congressional Research Service assessment.
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Britain urged to lead NATO push in Mediterranean
A new Council on Geostrategy paper argues that Britain should use its bases in Cyprus, naval reach and relationships with Greece, Turkey and Egypt to give NATO's southern flank a more coherent military strategy.
Britain clears Storm Shadow missile assembly in Ukraine
Britain has approved the release of classified UK missile technology to help France and Ukraine establish local assembly of the Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile.
Saab unveils stealthy drone concept to fly with Gripen
The concept aircraft, designated A3-001, is being shown at the Jubilee Air Show at Malmen Air Base in Linköping.
Bildt says Baltic aggression would expose Kaliningrad
Carl Bildt has said that any Russian aggression in the Baltic would immediately affect the security of Kaliningrad, referencing the concentration of NATO aircraft that has operated around the exclave over the past week.
British spy plane deploys to Norway for Arctic Stone
An RAF Rivet Joint has deployed to Ørland in Norway for a week-long exercise with the Royal Norwegian Air Force, including training intended to improve interoperability with Norwegian F-35A fighters.
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Poland and Baltic states face rising Russian sabotage
Six NATO members have absorbed a sustained pattern of sabotage, cyberattacks, airspace violations and election interference attributed to Russia, ranging from rail explosions in Poland to drone incursions over Romania.
Munitions jobs jump by half as Britain rebuilds stocks
Jobs supported by defence spending on weapons and ammunition manufacturing rose by 51 per cent across the United Kingdom in 2024/25, according to figures published by the Ministry of Defence.
RUSI questions core principle of UK targeting project
A principle set out by the team building Britain's Digital Targeting Web fundamentally misunderstands the purpose of safeguards, according to a new report from the Royal United Services Institute, which warns that legal and ethical checks cannot speed up a targeting cycle.
Ministers keep quiet on laser weapons beyond DragonFire
The Ministry of Defence has declined to say what directed energy weapons it is developing alongside DragonFire, telling Parliament only that further announcements will be made when appropriate.
Pollard sets out plan for UK to win NATO manufacturing work
The Ministry of Defence is working through a series of NATO mechanisms to secure British industrial benefit from the alliance's push to expand collective manufacturing capacity, says (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard MP.
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