Royal Navy training for gas tanker bomb attacks
The Royal Navy has been preparing to counteract a potential terrorist attack on LNG carrying tankers for the last two years, according to industry news website OilPrice.
Five ships to be permanently based in Bahrain
The MoD have outlined basing plans for the British Naval base in Bahrain.
Type 31 Frigates may ‘permanently operate’ in Gulf and Pacific
The information regarding plans for the Type 31 Frigate comes to light in a speech by Admiral Sir Philip Jones.
Australian Canberra class ships may have design faults
The RAN has now confirmed HMAS Adelaide will no longer participate in next month's planned Talisman Sabre exercises with the United States, and says it is too early to say whether HMAS Canberra will also be able to take part.
Rolls-Royce to supply MT30 Gas Turbines to next three Korean Daegu-class frigates
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply MT30 marine gas turbines to power the next three ships in the Republic of Korea Navy’s Daegu-class frigate programme.
Australia’s new Canberra class ships aren’t in very good shape
HMAS Canberra and HMAS Adelaide – two of Australia's first Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock Ships that were commissioned by the Australian Defence Force to give the country a new level of capabilities – well that was the intention and today’s news wasn't the best to hear.
BAE awarded £1.4bn contract for new nuclear attack submarine HMS Agamemnon
A £1.4 billion contract has been agreed for a new nuclear attack submarine, HMS Agamemnon. The vessel is the sixth in a total fleet...
Lockheed to upgrade US Navy’s shipboard Electronic Warfare Systems
The US Navy has awarded the company an initial $148.9m contract for full rate production of Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 2 systems
UK maritime forces visit Vietnam with French naval task group
UK maritime forces have 'reaffirmed the UK’s Defence ties with Vietnam' during a visit.
Britain considers arming Type 45 Destroyers with anti-ballistic missile weapons
British officials at a summit last March said that the Royal Navy is considering arming its destroyers with the new Aster version, dubbed Aster 30 Block 1NT.
