Royal Navy demo patrol boats with minehunting capability
The Royal Navy say it has has successfully utilised its smallest warships as launchpads for autonomous mine hunting operations for the first time.
I went onboard a Ukrainian warship
Aboard the Chernihiv, conversations around future plans revolve around "when" Ukraine wins the war, not "if".
NATO and Ukrainian naval exercise begins in Scotland
Taking place in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, Sea Breeze 2024 is a joint mine countermeasure exercise involving NATO and the Ukrainian Navy.
MOD awards BAE £480m Combat Management Systems contract
The contract encompasses a wide range of assets, including "Type 23 Frigates, Type 45 Destroyers, Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers, Landing Platform Docks, Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, and Type 26 Frigates".
Britain ‘should lease or buy’ more fleet support ships
Report recommends buying more Fleet Solid Support Ships and leasing commercial vessels to enhance Royal Navy replenishment capabilities
Britain urged to order more submarines
A report recommends procuring at least one additional Dreadnought class submarine as a conventionally armed nuclear-powered attack submarine designed to carry a large payload of strike missiles.
Additional Type 26 and Type 32 frigates ‘needed’
It has been recommended that Britain increase its order of Type 26 Frigtes as well as plan for purchasing more Type 32 Frigates.
Experts recommend UK increases number of destroyers
A report urges that Britain procure eight Type 83 Destroyers as part of an overall goal of returning the escort fleet to a 32 hull force.
Britain needs Arsenal Ships says report
A report advocates for the Royal Navy to embrace the concept of the 'arsenal ship', a vessel capable of firing huge volumes of missiles.
Warships gather in Glasgow ahead of Scottish coast drills
Warships from four allied nations, including Ukraine, are arriving in Glasgow this weekend in preparation for Exercise Sea Breeze, a major NATO military exercise set to take place in Scottish waters.
