Britain’s Gulf based minehunter force joins American, French and Omani vessels on exercise
RFA Cardigan Bay, acting as mother ship to all four Royal Navy minehunters in the Middle East, was joined by HMS Bangor and Ledbury...
MoD announces it intends to order the seventh Astute class nuclear submarine
Earlier concern over the speculated cancellation of Astute boat number seven has been eased by a defence minister.
Royal Navy confirm which monarch HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for
The name HMS Queen Elizabeth is a continuation of an historic Royal Navy name dating back over a century and the vessel herself is not named after the current monarch, despite a popular misconception to the contrary.
AQS-24B Minehunter to be demonstrated to in Portsmouth
The Northrop Grumman AQS-24B Minehunter will be exhibited at the 2018 Undersea Defence & Security Conference in Portsmouth this month.
BAE Systems awards Lockheed Martin MK 41 Vertical Launching System contract for Type 26...
BAE Systems awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to equip the Royal Navy's new Type 26 Frigate fleet with the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS).
Fire phasers! – Lockheed Martin receives $150m US Navy contract for laser weapon systems
The US Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $150 million contract, with options worth up to $942.8 million, for the development, manufacture and delivery of two high power laser weapon systems.
US and UK award Trident guidance system production and support contract
The US is spending $115m and the UK is spending $18m on Trident MK 6 guidance system production with failure verification, test, repair and re-certification work.
A Guide to the Type 26 ‘City class’ Frigate
The Type 26 frigate represents the future backbone of the Royal Navy and a massive leap forward in terms of flexibility of surface vessels enjoyed by the service.
New Type 26 Frigate named HMS Cardiff
One of the Royal Navy's new Type 26 Frigates is to be called HMS Cardiff, the Defence Secretary has said on St David's Day.
Government confirm all warship design and build work will be performed in the United...
Guto Bebb, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence, recently confirmed the Government's shipbuilding policy in response to a written parliamentary question.
