Government’s own review backs campaign to build Fleet Solid Support Ships in UK
Ministers have tried to 'bury critical report,' claim GMB Union The Government must act of the recommendations on its own review by backing the UK's...
£1.5 billion ship order must be built in UK say shipbuilding union
Reacting to the halting of the international competition for the Fleet Solid Support order, union GMB has called for the ships to built in UK yards.
1 Assault Group Royal Marines renamed 47 Commando Raiding Group
1 Assault Group Royal Marines – the Royal Marines’ amphibious warfare experts – will now be known as 47 Commando Raiding Group.
Fleet Solid Support Ship tendering competition halted
The £1.5bn competition to build up to three Fleet Solid Support Ships for the Royal Navy has been suspended, say the Ministry of Defence. It...
Portsmouth naval base ‘ready for nation’s two supercarriers’ say Royal Navy
The Royal Navy say that Portsmouth Naval Base has undertaken a programme of infrastructure upgrades to "prepare for hosting two supercarriers".
NATO warships test electronic warfare defences off British coast
Thirteen NATO countries are taking part in simulated air and missile defence drills off the United Kingdom's south coast.
HMS Prince of Wales testing new waste disposal system
Sailors onboard HMS Prince of Wales are testing her state-of-the-art pyrolysis plants, say the Royal Navy.
US, UK nuclear submarine Common Missile Compartment work awarded
The Common Missile Compartment, being designed for the Ohio and Vanguard submarine replacement vessels, will house nuclear missiles aboard American Colombia class and British...
US Marine Corps orders more Amphibious Combat Vehicles from BAE
BAE Systems has received a $120 million contract from the US Marine Corps for additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles under a third order for Low...
NATO warships conduct Black Sea patrol
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) arrived in the Black Sea on Monday the 21st of October.
