Archerfish is manufactured in the UK at BAE's Broad Oak facility in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Hillend facility in Dunfermline, Fife.

The USS John Warner, a Virginia class nuclear submarine, has left the Clyde after a routine port call.

This is the first time two British aircraft carriers have been at sea for quite a while.

Joint Force Command Norfolk will protect sea lanes between Europe and North America. Day-to-day NATO maritime operations will continue to be run out of Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM) in the United Kingdom.

"The ability for the Royal Navy and U.S. Navy to conduct interoperability exercises together is essential to ensure that freedom of navigation is maintained."

What the Ministry of Defence call the world’s most advanced torpedo is "on the cusp of entering service" after extensive trials in Scotland, say the Royal Navy.

The United Kingdom "must show greater ambition and apply more resources to address the developing security situation in the Arctic and the High North", says a report published by the Defence Sub-Committee.

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth was due to sail this afternoon, that has now been postponed.

French Rafale jets launched an assault against Royal Navy flagship HMS Albion as her task group passed the Brittany peninsula. The exercise was designed to allow French pilots to practise their anti-ship tactics and the Royal Navy to practice defending against air attack.

HMS Queen Elizabeth will depart Portsmouth today for the upcoming GroupEx and Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2.