Royal Navy in biggest rebuild since Second World War
The Royal Navy's existing shipbuilding programme amounts to 280,000 tonnes of new steel and 450,000 tonnes when planned programmes are included, the First Sea Lord has said.
Britain to trial Talon drone from aircraft carrier
Britain's First Sea Lord has said he will sign an agreement with Northrop Grumman to prepare its Talon drone for Royal Navy trials.
JEF navy chiefs sign Northern Navies agreement in Oslo
Joint Expeditionary Force navy chiefs have signed an agreement taking forward the JEF Northern Navies Initiative on board HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo.
Pollard calls for interchangeable northern European navies
Luke Pollard, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, has called for Joint Expeditionary Force nations to join up their defence supply chains.
First Sea Lord rejects claims hybrid navy is moving too fast
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord, has rejected criticism that the hybrid navy is too ambitious.
Ocean Infinity picked for British drone sub-hunting network
Ocean Infinity Solutions has been picked for Atlantic Net, a £90 million network of drones, sensors and AI to help find Russian submarines
Kongsberg pitches Type 92 sub hunter for Royal Navy needs
Kongsberg Maritime has launched the Arctic Hunter, an uncrewed vessel it is adapting for the Royal Navy’s Type 92 anti-submarine programme.
Royal Navy commissions its first autonomous squadron
The Royal Navy has commissioned the 1st Autonomous Squadron in Portsmouth, a unit of around 180 personnel, the same as a Type 23 frigate.
NATO sub hunters in Baltic exercise to face drone attacks
NATO warships hunting German and Swedish submarines in the Baltic will also face drone attacks they don't know are coming, commanders told the UK Defence Journal in Stockholm. #DynamicMerlin
Second Type 26 frigate takes final shape with twin masts
HMS Cardiff, the second of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 anti-submarine frigates, has had two 17-metre pole masts fitted above her mission bay at BAE Systems’ Scotstoun yard on the Clyde, giving the ship her final profile.
