Royal Navy seeks rapid counter-drone capability for ships
The Royal Navy is exploring the rapid procurement of a maritime counter-drone capability under a new pre-procurement initiative known as Project TALON.
Babcock hosts engineering festival for future engineers
More than 400 pupils and teachers from across Bristol and the South West took part in engineering and technology activities this week as part...
MP presses government on ship availability
Labour MP Alex Ballinger raised concerns about naval capacity as the UK faces simultaneous pressures across multiple theatres, including recent deployments connected to tensions in the Middle East.
Royal Navy tracks Russian ships in Channel
The Royal Navy has shadowed Russian naval and merchant vessels transiting near UK waters as part of wider NATO monitoring activity across the North Atlantic, according to the Royal Navy.
Royal Navy certifying Astute for under-ice operations
The Royal Navy seeks to maintain a certified under-ice operational capability centred on its submarine force as competition in the Arctic grows.
Britain deploys warship to protect against drones
The UK is deploying the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon and Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters to the Eastern Mediterranean.
Sweeney: Award should trigger Scotland-wide shipbuilding strategy
Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney has set out a detailed case for far wider reform of Scotland's commercial shipbuilding model.
Sweeney presses for shipbuilding finance reform
Scottish Labour MSP Paul Sweeney has urged ministers to treat the proposed four-vessel award to Ferguson Marine as a starting point for wider reform.
Ferguson Marine secures four-vessels from Scottish Government
Ferguson Marine has secured a direct award from the Scottish Government covering four new vessels, a move the yard says will provide a five-year pipeline of work and safeguard hundreds of jobs on the Clyde.
Scottish Government to order four ships at Ferguson Marine
The Scottish Government said today that it intends to directly award contracts for four new vessels to Ferguson Marine in a move designed to secure the long-term future of the state-owned shipyard.
