Tag: royal navy
HMS Queen Elizabeth departs for maiden operational tour
The United Kingdom Royal Navy’s (RN’s) new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed Portsmouth on 22 May for a seven-month long, 26,000 nautical...
Carry on up the Cyber!
Two new UK government papers show how the UK’s armed forces and the country’s wider defence industrial community will strive to win electromagnetic supremacy...
Joint Allied Training in the High North
The Norwegian frigate HNoMS Thor Heyerdahl and the British frigate HMS Lancaster have concluded a five-day passing exercise in the North, enhancing allied ability to...
GCC Navies Build for Persistent Patrols in Home Waters
Published in the Middle East Feb/Mar 2021 Supplement - While international navies provide larger warships to patrol the waters of the Gulf, GCC nations...
EDITOR’S BUNKER BRIEFING (26 October 2020) No.31
Dear Readers,
A meeting of NATO Defence Ministers has to address the thorny issue of two of its members ‘squaring up’ to one another in...
BAE Systems awarded naval guns contract for U.K.’s Type 31 frigate program
BAE Systems will produce and deliver Bofors 40 Mk4 and Bofors 57 Mk3 naval guns for the U.K. Ministry of Defence’s Type 31 general...
Royal Air Force aircraft support Border Force operations over English Channel
On Monday 10 August 2020, the UK Defence Secretary, Ben Wallace, approved the use of an Royal Air Force A400M Atlas to support the...
Managing the Biggest Aviation Challenge in the Royal Navy
Rear Admiral Connell spoke to Armada International about the responsibility and challenges of developing the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike capability.
“As Rear Admiral Fleet Air...
Sightless Carrier Force
A 24 June report from the UK National Audit Office (NAO) confirmed that the Royal Navy’s new Crowsnest radar system is 18 months late,...
Rolls-Royce seals major contract covering complete MTU propulsion systems for Royal Navy Type 31...
Delivery scope: 20 main propulsion engines and 20 on-board generator sets, Callosum marine automation and integrated logistic support.
MTU propulsion solutions from Rolls-Royce...
