Welding components ordered for Rosyth frigate factory
Babcock have placed an order for a set of PEMA welding and production lines for the 'frigate factory' in Rosyth, Scotland.
Contract awarded for drone jammers for Royal Navy ships
The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £2 million contract to Kirintec to fill an urgent capability requirement to provide counter-unmanned air system jammers to the Royal Navy.
Drone to give British patrol vessels ‘eyes in the sky’
Over 4ft long and with a wingspan of 9ft, Puma can survey an area of up to 270 square miles of ocean – that’s larger than Greater Manchester.
Royal Navy sign £230m torpedo contract
The contract will support the Royal Navy's inventory of Spearfish Heavyweight and Sting Ray Lightweight torpedoes
HMS Queen Elizabeth becomes British flagship
Assault ship HMS Albion has transferred the duty of Royal Navy Fleet Flagship to aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Bow added to new Type 26 Frigate HMS Glasgow
HMS Glasgow, currently being built on the river running through her namesake, has now had her bow section attached.
Carriers could host 24 F-35s by 2023 ‘in national emergency’
By 2023, the UK is hoping to be able to deploy 24 British F-35Bs at sea if required in the event of 'a national emergency'.
British Carrier Strike Group heading to Pacific this year
HMS Queen Elizabeth and her Carrier Strike Group will deploy to the Pacific later this year.
First ‘raw recruits since WW2’ at Collingwood
For the first time since World War 2 civilians have begun training to become Royal Navy sailors at HMS Collingwood, say the Royal Navy.
How will the UK Carrier Strike Group operate?
The UK Carrier Strike Group — led by HMS Queen Elizabeth — is now at Initial Operating Capability, but how will it operate?
