The test firing took place last week and, according to the UK government announcement, the weapon, developed jointly by the United States and Australia, was launched from XV Excalibur. The event is ...
The Defence Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Update to Parliament published this week confirms that steel will be cut on the first RN SSN-AUKUS submarine in 2027, but leaves the size of the fleet to be decided ...
The UK’s new National Armaments Director (NAD), Rupert Pearce, used a speech at Thales UK’s technology summit to argue that Britain’s armed forces need a new mix of crewed and uncrewed capabilities ...
Thales has completed wet testing of its Sonar 76Nano flank panels on a full-size uncrewed underwater vehicle in UK waters, ...
Thales has completed wet testing of its Sonar 76Nano flank panels on a full-size uncrewed underwater vehicle in UK waters, using hardware built to the standard it intends to manufacture. Further ...
The test firing took place last week and, according to the UK government announcement, the weapon, developed jointly by the United States and Australia, was launched from XV Excalibur. The event is ...
Russia has revived plans for a large destroyer-sized surface combatant intended for sustained operations in the world’s oceans. The ambition is considerable, but Moscow’s shipbuilding record, wartime ...
The US Navy is looking at frigate designs from Japan, South Korea and Turkey as it searches for a faster way to rebuild its surface fleet. The most radical option could see the first few vessels ...
The first cohort of officer cadets to pass through the RN’s restructured entry system has completed initial training at HMS Raleigh. Sixty-seven cadets, including 15 from overseas nations, marked the ...
The Queen Elizabeth class restored the UK’s fixed-wing carrier strike role after the Harrier force was withdrawn in 2010. The ships provide a sovereign mobile airbase, allowing the UK to deploy combat ...
The long-delayed Defence Investment Plan finally landed on 30th June, promising £298 billion of defence spending over four years and a transformed Royal Navy. Here we look at the financial profile of ...
With the Defence Investment Plan committing to Common Combat Vessels (CCV) and a family of uncrewed platforms, the Royal Navy’s hybrid navy has moved from ambition to funded programme. The question is ...