MOD pays £2.54m for St Kilda lease since 2003
The current 25-year lease between the MOD and NTS began in 2003 at a fixed rent of £100,000 per annum plus VAT.
Rolls-Royce opens new mtu overhaul facility in America
Rolls-Royce has officially opened a new Remanufacturing and Overhaul Center at its mtu Aiken campus in South Carolina.
Type 83 Destroyer to enter service in ‘late 2030s’
The Type 83 Destroyer is expected to enter service towards the end of the 2030s
British commando helicopters over Albania
The Royal Navy's Littoral Response Group (South) concluded a four-day visit to Albania.
MOD outlines future steps for DragonFire laser weapon
The current focus is on analysing trial results and preparing for more advanced testing stages.
RFA recruitment crisis – A decade of missed targets
The data indicates that simply 'throwing money at the problem' is not rectifying the recruitment issues, as even when the spending on recruitment rises, intake still falls.
Royal Navy scrap plans to test laser weapon on frigate
The test of a directed energy weapon on a Type 23 frigate was scrapped to reallocate resources and focus on the wider Directed Energy Weapons Programme.
Assault ships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark to remain in service
Both ships were reported to have been considered for early retirement to free up sailors for other vessels amid a recruitment crisis in the armed forces.
Britain to test fire Trident nuclear missile
HMS Vanguard, one of the Royal Navy's four Trident nuclear weapon-carrying submarines, will shortly conduct the test firing of an unarmed Trident D5 ballistic missile in the Atlantic Ocean.
Defence Committee welcomes assurances on assault ships
HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark will remain in service well into the 2030s.
