Tag: UK Royal Navy
The Naval Laser Challenge
The Royal Navy, like its US Navy counterpart, views directed energy weapons as the likely answer to many developing manned and unmanned threats.
In May...
UK defence chief highlights global impact of Royal Navy
The UK’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) has highlighted key contributions made by different types of UK Royal Navy (RN) assets to stability and...
US 5th Fleet’s newest technology task force runs ‘Digital Talon’ uncrewed systems exercise
US 5th Fleet’s newest technology task force – Task Group 59.1 (TG-59.1) – has conducted the latest iteration of the fleet’s ‘Digital Talon’ maritime...
US, UK carrier strike groups demonstrate NATO presence in North Sea deployments
Two NATO carrier strike groups (CSGs) are currently conducting operations in the North Sea.
The deployments demonstrate a level of integrated, multi-national, high-end capability and...
UUV Offence and Defence
Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) provide a capability that Western navies must both capitalise on and counter.
In the maritime domain, the underwater world is a...
JMSDF ship visits to UK underline combined commitment to international security
Two Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships, from the Japan Training Squadron, have visited the UK for port calls. The visits provided the opportunity...
Which Kind of Intensity?
Western navies are seeking the right balance in training types between simulated, synthetic training that can deliver intensity in terms of asset or firepower...
Silent Running
The increased popularity among navies to own their own submarine fleets are driving new advances in submarine propulsion.
If the SEA 1000 submarine programme in...
‘RIMPAC’ naval presence underlines Indo-Pacific/Euro-Atlantic strategic linkage
The US Navy’s (USN’s) major biennial ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (‘RIMPAC’) exercise got underway off Hawaii on 27 June, with the exercise’s routine multinational...
UK, French, Norwegian MPAs combine to hunt reported Russian submarine
Maritime patrol aircraft (MPAs) from the United Kingdom, France, and Norway have been working together to prosecute a suspected Russian submarine target, in a...
