No numbers yet for Navy’s giant uncrewed submarines
The MoD has yet to decide how many Type 93 extra-large uncrewed underwater vessels it will build but confirming the platforms remain withijn the Atlantic Bastion programme.
Eight amphibious ships to be built under UK-Dutch deal
British yards will build eight amphibious transport ships under the £2.4bn UK-Netherlands partnership, the MoD has confirmed, with four vessels each forming the backbone of a joint amphibious force.
UK to buy three mine hunting motherships
Britain will procure three offshore support vessels in conjunction with Norway under the next phase of the Mine Hunting Capability programme, the MoD has confirmed, providing motherships for its autonomous minehunting systems.
How the Royal Navy will train to fight with drones
The Defence Investment Plan commits the Royal Navy to a hybrid fleet of warships and uncrewed platforms, at Exercise Virtual Warrior, the officers responsible for training the fleet explained how they'll prepare sailors for a war that doesn't fully exist yet.
Steel to be cut on new British attack submarine next year
Construction of Britain's first SSN-AUKUS attack submarine will begin next year, the MoD has confirmed, with the aim of delivering the first of up to 12 boats into Royal Navy service in the 2030s.
Scotland to get new naval base as Finnart role revealed
The newly purchased Finnart Oil Terminal will become a new mine hunting base for the Hybrid Navy, First Sea Lord Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins has revealed, adding an operational role to the site's fuel storage role.
Glasgow warship yard begins work on new facility
Construction has started on a £3.3m paint facility at BAE Systems' Govan shipyard, big enough to paint a number of Type 26 blocks at once.
From Thursday War to rewind button – how FOST is changing
FOST decides whether the Royal Navy's vessels are ready to fight. In a rare interview, Commodore Andy Ingham describes an organisation transformed, from the Thursday War to a synthetic future.
Inside Virtual Warrior – the Royal Navy’s secret war game
UK Defence Journal became the first media outlet allowed inside Exercise Virtual Warrior, the Royal Navy's secret annual command exercise, where 240 personnel fought a two-week war in the High North from a camp on Salisbury Plain.
British frigate opens fire off UK coast
HMS Portland has been conducting live gunnery training off the South Coast, firing her 4.5 inch main gun during a week at sea. Because after all, gunnery is indeed funnery.
