Why the Royal Navy keeps going back to the High North
A carrier strike group is flying jets in Arctic waters while commandos train in Norway. Here's why.
UK eyes restart of domestic sub reactor fuel cycle
A £1.7bn Nuclear Fuels Programme will explore re-establishing a nuclear fuel cycle for defence reactor fuel.
RENK to buy UK naval gearbox maker David Brown Defence
Germany's RENK Group has agreed to acquire Huddersfield-based David Brown Defence, supplier of gearboxes for the Type 26 frigate programme.
Strike drone launched from Royal Navy ship for first time
he Nyan One-Way Effector was fired from XV Patrick Blackett off the south coast, with further trials aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth a possibility.
Britain to buy new mine hunting motherships from Norway
The Royal Navy is to acquire new offshore support vessels alongside Norway to serve as motherships for its growing fleet of autonomous minehunters.
Royal Navy Wildcat helicopters to replaced by drones
The Defence Investment Plan sets out an autonomous replacement for the Royal Navy's Wildcat maritime helicopters and increasingly autonomous rotorcraft flying from frigates and destroyers, as the Fleet Air Arm shifts towards uncrewed flight.
Sweeney warns of Clyde job losses without new design deal
Paul Sweeney, Labour MSP and former Clyde worker, has warned that BAE Systems needs a new design contract within around eighteen months to avoid job losses.
Dunfermline MP urges Common Combat Vessel work for Rosyth
Graeme Downie, the MP for Dunfermline and Dollar, has welcomed the commitment to a new Common Combat Vessel and pressed for it to be based on the Type 31 frigate being built in Rosyth.
UK carriers to get drone fighters and early warning craft
The Defence Investment Plan commits to Project PANTHEON to build a Hybrid Carrier Air Wing, with jet-powered drones trialled under Project VANQUISH to fly alongside the F-35B and an autonomous early warning system for the carriers.
Two more Type 23 Frigates being retired soon
The Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, Luke Pollard, has confirmed that the Defence Investment Plan retires two more Type 23 frigates, part of a phased withdrawal of the ageing class running up to 2033 as new ships come into service.
