Rutte recalls Norway telling US it is Russia’s sub target
Russia's Kola submarines are there to attack the United States, not Norway, Norway's PM told the American president, NATO's Mark Rutte has recalled.
Coulport nuclear base strike suspended after new pay offer
Strikes by around 70 workers who maintain weapons systems for the Royal Navy's nuclear-armed submarines at Coulport have been suspended after the ABL Alliance tabled an improved pay offer.
Kongsberg chief warns of undersea countermeasures gap
Drone warfare seen over Ukraine will spread to the sea and under it, says Kongsberg’s chief, naming countermeasures as the gap in protecting cables and pipelines.
UK Atlantic Net sub-hunting network to go live within months
The Royal Navy's Atlantic Net drone and sensor network for hunting submarines in the North Atlantic will be operational within months, says the First Sea Lord.
Royal Navy buys Saab radars for drone-hunting boats
The Royal Navy has awarded Saab £15m for Sea Giraffe 1X radars to fit to its Kraken K3 Scout drone boats, turning them into autonomous drone seekers.
Birkenhead lined up to build Arctic Hunter drone sub hunters
Balaena has agreed with Kongsberg Maritime to build Arctic Hunter uncrewed sub-hunters at Birkenhead, aiming to have ships ready before the end of the decade.
New surveillance drone lands on HMS Queen Elizabeth
TEKEVER's AR5, the drone chosen to replace the British Army's Watchkeeper, has landed on and taken off from HMS Queen Elizabeth.
HMS Vengeance returns after likely longest ever patrol
HMS Vengeance has returned up the Clyde after a deployment unofficial estimates put at around 217 days, which would make it the longest deterrent patrol in Royal Navy history.
Canada’s bid to join JEF still under consideration
Britain and its Joint Expeditionary Force partners are still considering Canada's application to join, with no timetable set after defence ministers met in Iceland in October.
Smyrtos remains only shadow fleet tanker stopped by UK
The UK has interdicted only one Russian shadow fleet tanker, the Smyrtos, since boarding powers were extended in March, and ministers will not say if they weighed stopping another off Shetland.
