Drone shots show work on huge Glasgow frigate factory
Work has started on a huge expansion of the BAE Systems yard at Govan, with excavators currently filling in the old 'wet basin' to make way for a huge new 'frigate factory'.
Aircraft carrier departs Scotland
The aircraft carrier was recently at Glenmallan in Scotland, where it restocked its ammunition supply.
RFA Mounts Bay supports flying exercises
This week, RFA Mounts Bay has been providing support to 814 and 815 Naval Air Squadrons with day and night procedural flying exercises.
HMS Dauntless fires main gun for first time in 7 years
Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless recently conducted the first live firing of its 4.5" gun in seven years.
Huge Glasgow ‘frigate factory’ planning permission granted
Planning permission has bene granted for a huge new shipbuilding hall at the BAE Systems site in Govan, with work on the first ship to be built in the facility starting in 2024.
Royal Navy gets new surveillance drone
The high-definition imagery and radar data from the Peregrine drone will be fed directly into warship Combat Management Systems.
Britain starts construction on new nuclear missile submarine
Steel has been cut today on HMS Warspite, the third of four new nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed Dreadnought Class submarines.
HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in Scotland to load ammunition
The aircraft carrier is heading to Glenmallan in Scotland, where it will restock its ammunition supply.
British aircraft in the Irish Sea heading to Scotland
HMS Queen Elizabeth is currently in the Irish Sea exercising with Texan training aircraft from RAF Valley in Wales on her way north to Scotland to take on ammunition.
Umoe Mandal contracted for more Type 26 Frigate masts
BAE Systems has contracted Norwegian shipyard Umoe Mandal to deliver advanced lightweight composite mast structures for the second batch of five Type 26 Frigates.
