Combined helicopter flight trials speed up HMS Queen Elizabeth entry into service say Qinetiq
HMS Queen Elizabeth returned to UK waters last month following completion of Merlin and Chinook flying trials and this revised strategy has eliminated the need for separate trials, ensuring the time available on deck was used to maximum effect and avoiding a second voyage out to sea later in the year.
Royal Navy prepares for future UK fishery patrols
The Royal Navy is preparing to support the monitoring and protection of UK fisheries after Britain leaves the EU, having taken delivery of the...
HMS Echo trains with Cypriot forces to prepare for maritime disaster
HMS Echo has been assigned to the Mediterranean since the end of 2016; her crew have rescued more than 6,100 men, women and children as part of the mercy element of the migrant mission, and destroyed 65 dangerous rubber boats and skiffs.
BAE, Cammell Laird and BMT team up to finally resolve Type 45 Destroyer power...
The Ministry of Defence has appointed an alliance team led by BAE Systems to deliver its Type 45 Power Improvement Project (PIP) and resolve power generation issues faced by the anti-air destroyers.
NATO Mine Countermeasures Warfare management exercise begins in Belgium
Mine countermeasures sailors from 16 Allied nations and four NATO Partners began exercise Dynamic Move this week in Belgium, officials say.
Japanese government plans to introduce F-35B fighter jets and a ‘multi-purpose aircraft carrier’
Local media in Japan has reported that the main governing Liberal Democratic Party plans to propose introducing F-35B fighter jets and a multi-purpose aircraft carrier.
American ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland departs Faslane
The USS Maryland, a US Navy ballistic missile submarine, has departed Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde.
Three River class Offshore Patrol vessels may be retained ‘should they be needed to...
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Defence, Guto Bebb has revealed that £12.7M had been allocated from the EU Exit Preparedness Fund to preserve the three Batch 1 River class ships, should they be needed to control and enforce UK waters and fisheries following the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
RFA Mounts Bay scrambled to Turks and Caicos Islands to stem tide of illegal...
RFA Mounts Bay, the North Atlantic patrol vessel, has been deployed to the Turks and Caicos Islands at short notice following a request from the islands Governor to address recent increase in illegal arrivals by Haitian sloops to the British territory.
NATO ships visit Amsterdam
Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures Group One (SNMCMG1) has made a port call in Amsterdam.
