What is the Type 32 frigate?
The Prime Minister has announced surprise plans to develop a new Type 32 Frigate to expand the Royal Navy fleet. Early speculation suggests they could be 'batch II' Type 31s, but not necessarily based on the Type 31 design.
UK Border Force tasked drone patrols English Channel
An AR-5 drone is operating over the English Channel on behalf of the UK Border Force.
UK assists with disaster relief in Honduras
Royal Navy helicopters have flown reconnaissance missions over devastated Honduras.
UK to have Carrier Strike Group ‘permanently available’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated that the UK will routinely deploy a 'permanently available, ready to fight' Carrier Strike Group.
British warship conducts patrol in Arctic Circle near Russia
HMS Lancaster conducted a freedom of navigation patrol in waters north of Russia.
Royal Navy to add more frigates to fleet
The new Type 32 Frigate will be built in addition to the Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates in the hopes of bringing the escort fleet up to 24 vessels from its current 19.
U.S. Navy awards BAE $76.3m for USS Stout maintenance
BAE Systems has received a $76.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform maintenance and modernisation work aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout.
The new Type 32 Frigate – What do we know?
"The vessel may not necessarily be based on the Type 31 design".
PM claims UK shipbuilding to experience ‘a renaissance’
"This will spur a renaissance of British shipbuilding across the UK, in Glasgow and Rosyth, Belfast, Appledore and Birkenhead", said the Prime Minister.
UK ‘increasing defence spending by £24.1bn’ over next four years
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "I am increasing defence spending by £24.1 billion over the next four years".
