The Royal Navy’s Medical Navy Persistent Operational Deployment System has completed sea trials and reached Technology Readiness Level 8, though the government has confirmed delivery timelines remain subject to ongoing assessment

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The government has outlined the full scope of the Naval Support Integrated Global Network programme in response to a parliamentary question.

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Further phases of the Sting Ray Mod 1 integration onto the RAF’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft are anticipated in 2027 but remain subject to investment decisions.

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The government has confirmed SSN-AUKUS submarine construction will begin in the late 2020s, with a target of delivering one boat every 18 months once the production rate is established.

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EXCLUSIVE – GMB Scotland has written to Defence Secretary John Healey warning that awarding Programme Euston dry dock contracts overseas would be ‘national self-harm’.

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The Royal Navy’s uncrewed mine-hunting vessel RNMB Ariadne has successfully docked inside mothership RFA Lyme Bay for the first time.

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Three hundred Thales UK workers at Govan and Reading have rejected a pay offer below inflation and are being balloted for strike action, with the ballot closing on 23 June.

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SYOS has introduced the SU10 uncrewed underwater vehicle, extending its autonomous portfolio from air, land and sea into the subsurface domain.

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EXCLUSIVE | Navantia UK confirms production is now underway across all UK sites supporting the Royal Navy’s new Fleet Solid Support ships.

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Royal Navy divers have been working with NATO allies to clear historic unexploded ordnance from the Gulf of Riga during Exercise Open Spirit.

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