HMS Ocean sale to Brazil confirmed

The well known but unofficial sale of HMS Ocean to Brazil has finally been confirmed.

HMS Clyde rehearses disaster relief operations in the South Atlantic

HMS Clyde recently arrived in South Georgia for a mass casualty exercise, say the Royal Navy.

QinetiQ to bring ‘autonomy expertise’ to European research programme

QinetiQ is to play a pivotal role in OCEAN2020, the first research programme awarded by the European Defence Agency as part of its European Defence Fund initiative.

HMS Queen Elizabeth departs Gibraltar

HMS Queen Elizabeth has left the port of Gibraltar after her maiden overseas stop, she will now conduct further helicopter trials.

Royal Navy bomb disposal team deal with bomb in the River Thames

Royal Navy bomb disposal experts are working with the Metropolitan Police to safely remove a Second World War bomb found in the River Thames.

British warship to sail through disputed South China Sea

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said HMS Sutherland, a Type 23 anti-submarine frigate, would sail through the South China Sea on its way home from Australia 'to assert freedom of navigation rights'.

US Navy awards BAE Systems contract to modernise cruiser USS Philippine Sea

BAE Systems has received a $9.6 million contract from the US Navy to modernise the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea.

Britain to send supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth to South China Sea

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told Australian ministers that HMS Queen Elizabeth will conduct freedom of navigation patrols in the South China Sea region on her maiden deployment in 2021.

MP dismisses potential plan to scrap the seventh Astute class submarine as ‘Embarrassingly flawed...

The scrapping of the seventh Astute Class submarine under construction is being "actively considered" it has emerged.

RFA Fort Rosalie supports fight against Islamic State

RFA Fort Rosalie is currently assigned to the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in the Middle East and is supporting efforts against Islamic State.

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