George Allison
Carrier sails with most fifth gen jets ever deployed on a ship
HMS Queen Elizabeth will soon be joined by seven British destroyers, frigates and auxiliaries, plus other supporting units, to form a fully sovereign British Carrier Strike Group.
British strike group arrives in Gibraltar
Assault ship HMS Albion, destroyer HMS Dragon and landing ship RFA Lyme Bay have arrived in Gibraltar.
Cut of Airborne Early Warning order to three ‘ignores critical role of aircraft’
The Human Security Centre say they are alarmed by the apparent decision to reduce the planned fleet of E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft from five to three.
Second American nuclear submarine visits Clyde in two days
The USS Seawolf arrived in the Clyde one day after the USS John Warner departed.
Government finally classifies new fleet support ships as ‘warships’
This is important because according to government policy, 'warships' must be built inside the United Kingdom.
HMS Queen Elizabeth sails to join escorts for exercises
HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed Portsmouth today for the upcoming GROUPEX and Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2.
Clydebuilt HMS Spey leaves Glasgow for sea trials
HMS Spey has now sailed from BAE Systems’ yard in Glasgow to begin Contractor Sea Trials in the Firth of Clyde.
Trafalgar class submarine returns to the Clyde
A Trafalgar class nuclear submarine has returned to the Clyde.
BAE awarded £87m contract by the US to deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers
Archerfish is manufactured in the UK at BAE's Broad Oak facility in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Hillend facility in Dunfermline, Fife.
RAF Hercules aircraft drops British soldiers into Ukraine
British Hercules aircraft enabled a "historic first jump into southern Ukraine" by over 200 British paratroopers this week, say the Royal Air Force.