One of Europe’s most successful shipbuilding groups has told a Holyrood cross-party session that Scotland can rebuild maritime strength, but only by focusing on high-value specialisation and credible state support for innovation.

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Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard calls for a steady UK shipbuilding drumbeat, backed by domestic orders and exports, urges investment in skills, and says future opportunities will extend beyond 6,000-tonne warships as the pipeline expands.

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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan has faced what the service described as an “onslaught” of drones, aircraft and simulated missile attacks during intensive training off the Welsh coast.

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HMS Duncan confronted swarms of surface and aerial drones, alongside simulated cruise and ballistic missile threats, as part of Exercise Sharpshooter.

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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan has faced a sustained barrage of drone and missile threats during a concentrated 72-hour exercise off the Welsh coast.

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Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has set out how the Scottish Government is seeking to strengthen the skills base behind major shipbuilding programmes such as the Type 31 frigates at Rosyth.

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Babcock has marked two major milestones on the Royal Navy’s Type 31 programme in a single day, cutting steel on HMS Bulldog while rolling HMS Active out of the build hall at Rosyth.

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The funding will support the manufacture of critical components for nuclear propulsion systems destined for Australia’s first two SSN-AUKUS submarines, which are to be built at Osborne in South Australia.

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The UK is continuing to explore the potential use of Australian-developed Active Electronically Scanned Array radar technology on British platforms, following talks between defence ministers in London.

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An Australian frigate has conducted what Canberra described as a routine transit through the South China Sea, with Chinese state media claiming the vessel was tracked and monitored throughout its passage.

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