RAF transport aircraft used to monitor English Channel
A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas aircraft has been flown from RAF Brize Norton this morning to support Border Force operations in the English Channel.
HMS Clyde sold to Bahrain
Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Clyde is now part of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force.
British P-8 Poseidon shadows Russian warship for first time
A P-8A Poseidon from 120 Squadron completed a prolonged overwatch of the Russian warship Vasily Bykov as it passed through the North Sea.
New Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Trent joins fleet
HMS Trent has been commissioned into the Royal Navy fleet during a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base today.
Carrier HMS Princes of Wales to be used as ‘drone testbed’
The aircraft carrier will be used as a testbed for un-crewed aerial vehicles.
Type 31 Frigate project completes Whole Ship Preliminary Design Review
Team 31 has successfully completed its 'Whole Ship Preliminary Design Review' marking the end of the engineering functional design phase for the new frigate class.
New ‘Frigate Factory’ construction begins in Rosyth
Progress on the Type 31 Frigate programme continues with work starting on a new build hall, or 'frigate factory', capable of building two frigates at once.
UK defence procurement worth ‘more than £1.7bn a year to Scotland’
Ministry of Defence figures claim that the military procurement spend in Scotland has risen to £1.76 billion.
Work starts on final giant section of HMS Glasgow on the Clyde
Construction has begun on the 57th segment of the 8,000-tonne HMS Glasgow, the first of eight Type 26 Frigates to be built on the Clyde.
Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft support facilities handed over
Once operational in the autumn, the facility will take the total number of people working out of the coastal base in the north of Scotland to about 2,200.
