The Royal Navy has awarded BAE Systems a contract to integrate the Flexible Tactical Uncrewed Aerial System into the Type-23 frigate's Combat Management System.

The contract will develop procedures for three mission sets for underwater drones, namely 'Anti-Submarine/Surface Warfare, 'Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance' and 'Seabed Warfare'.

The Ministry of Defence is inviting bidders to tender to provide engineering support for five Batch 2 River Class offshore patrol vessels.

More than 200 ships a month, some carrying oil, gas, cars, food and consumer goods, have been escorted through Middle Eastern hotspots.

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the aircraft carrier leading the Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment, has said farewell to the 10 American jets stationed onboard as the vessel returns home to the UK.

HMS Queen Elizabeth has welcomed 30 NATO ambassadors on board.

The Royal Navy fleet will grow to more than 19 frigates and destroyers by 2026, aiming for 24 escort vessels by 2030. It currently has 18.

It has been reported that a British F-35 pilot realised the rain cover was still on and tried to abort take-off but was too late to stop the jet before the end of HMS Queen Elizabeth's runway.

Britain and America are currently engaged in operations to salvage an F-35B which ditched into the ocean after taking off from HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Earlier in the deployment Russian jets were being intercepted by HMS Queen Elizabeth's jets daily and now that the Strike Group is back in the Mediterranean it's happening again.