Six Common Combat Vessels, no design yet, a 2035 deadline
A new paper wants the CCV built on the existing Type 31 design to cut the risk and keep Rosyth working.
American A-10 escorts nuclear missile submarine
The US Navy has released images of an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II escorting the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska on the surface in the Pacific, part of an armed airborne escort exercise.
American assault ship hit by missiles, sinks in Pacific exercise
The US Navy has sunk the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in a live-fire sinking exercise in the Pacific, using unmanned surface vessels and anti-ship missiles fired from a submarine, according to the US Navy.
American nuke sub arrives in Scotland for visit
The US Navy Virginia-class attack submarine USS Oregon arrived at His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde in Faslane, Scotland, for a scheduled port visit.
Royal Navy to continue global port visits, minister confirms
The Royal Navy will continue to deploy warships globally and to exercise navigational rights including innocent passage, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed, following a question about visits such as that made by HMS Medway to Punta Arenas in Chile.
New warship ‘in initial stages of design’, minister says
The Royal Navy's Common Combat Vessel remains in the initial stages of design, and the aspiration is to sequence its arrival with the out-of-service dates of the Type 45 destroyers in the mid-2030s onwards.
BAE lands £135m Royal Navy torpedo support deal
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth just over £135 million to maintain the Royal Navy's Spearfish and Sting Ray torpedoes, placed without competition on the grounds that no other company is capable of doing the work.
A conversation with the Commodore commanding SNMG1
Commodore Maryla Ingham commands Standing NATO Maritime Group One. Speaking from her flagship, she talked about undersea cables, the Russian Navy, and a 20-year-old sailor from Canada who had never seen the ocean until two years ago.
Ukrainian strikes moving to isolate Crimea, official says
Ukrainian long-range strikes are having a significant effect in isolating Crimea and degrading Russia's ability to resupply its forces, with Ukraine striking up to 190 vessels at sea in the month of July alone.
Naval drones attack and sink American assault ship in exercise
The US Navy has sunk the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in a live-fire sinking exercise in the Pacific, using unmanned surface vessels and anti-ship missiles.
