Maritime Patrol Aircraft capability to be regenerated
Mark Francois has confirmed that an initiative which maintains the training of staff formerly based at RAF Kinloss has been extended. Mark Francois is Minister...
Airbus looking to offer Tanan to UK
Airbus Defence & Space is working towards the certification of its Tanan rotary unmanned air vehicle demonstrator, which it intends to offer the Royal...
Could Britain win the Australian frigate contract?
Britain could attract $10 billion Australian frigate contract after a report by RAND is expected to advise that using an existing design, most likely Britains Type...
Babcock bid to build British polar research ship
Babcock has confirmed it is bidding to construct the new UK polar flagship at its shipyard in Appledore, North Devon. In April 2014, chancellor George Osborne announced that...
HMS Dauntless deploys to the Gulf
The Type 45 destroyer will make several stops in the Mediterranean for training as well as visiting ports in a number of Gulf States...
Britain to have permanent naval base in Gulf
Britain will establish its first permanent military base in the Middle East since it formally withdrew from the region in 1971. A deal signed at...
Frigates will be built on the Clyde
The Defence Secretary has confirmed the UK's new Type 26 Frigates will be built on the Clyde after media speculation the contract could go...
Ministry of Defence clarify Queen Elizabeth class carrier F-35 plans
The Ministry of Defence have clarified the details surrounding the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and their complement of F-35B strike aircraft. The following...
HMS Argyll intercepts drug smugglers at sea
The Royal Navy frigate has reportedly seized £36m worth of cocaine from a vessel following a midnight chase across the Caribbean. This is the...
Two more submarines to be based at Faslane
Two of the Royal Navy's Trafalgar Class nuclear powered but not nuclear armed submarines will be moved to the Clyde from Devonport, the Defence...
