QinetiQ sets out its role in Scottish warship sinking
The decommissioned American frigate went down in deep water around 150 miles off the Western Isles, and the company that runs the range from which the exercise was controlled has now set out what it contributed.
Royal Marines seek new ship boarding training facility
The Ministry of Defence wants to build a maritime interdiction operations training facility at Royal Marines Bickleigh, with an option to buy a second one for the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone.
Man charged in first use of new border security offence
A man has become the first person charged with advertising illegal immigration services under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 as part of a National Crime Agency investigation.
Powerful nuclear attack submarine arrives in Scotland
HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of the Royal Navy's Astute-class hunter-killer submarines, has arrived at her home port of HM Naval Base Clyde for the first time, a week after sailing from the Barrow yard where she was built.
American supercarrier heads in for multi-billion refit
The U.S. Navy has awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $5 billion contract to carry out the Refuelling and Complex Overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, with the ship due to return to the fleet in November 2031.
U.S. in mega deal to build more long-range anti-air missiles
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a five-year contract worth up to $24.4 billion to accelerate production of the Standard Missile-6, its principal long-range anti-air and anti-surface weapon.
US Navy to buy 30 medium drone warships from three firms
The US Navy plans to buy 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) from Galliano Marine Services, HII and Saronic Technologies after completing the first phase of at-sea testing, with the first vessels due for delivery before the end of fiscal year 2027.
America moves guided missile destroyer to Europe
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Basilone will move its homeport from Naval Station Mayport, Florida, to Naval Station Rota in southern Spain this autumn.
L3Harris lands Trident flight test support deal
L3Harris has been awarded a $46 million contract to provide services and support for flight test instrumentation systems used with Trident, with a small share of the work to be carried out in Barrow-in-Furness.
HII to build 10 ROMULUS drone ships for U.S. Navy
HII has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to build 10 ROMULUS uncrewed surface vessels under the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) programme.
