Thales workers back strike action in pay row
Around 300 staff at Govan and Reading have voted for industrial action after rejecting a below-inflation pay offer, Unite says, with final talks scheduled.
RFA recruitment improving after years of shortfalls
Applications to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary are at a five-year high and voluntary outflow is falling, the MOD says, though challenges remain.
Status of RFA Fort Victoria remains unclear
Ministers say the solid support ship will be "regenerated in accordance with defence needs", language previously applied to HMS Albion and Bulwark.
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.
