As completion of the lead Type 31 Frigate progresses, rework requirements during outfitting have proven more complex than anticipated, with knock-on effects also identified.

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The Royal Navy’s modular Beehive system, which deploys high-speed autonomous Kraken drone boats, forms part of Britain’s announced contribution to the multinational mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most significant operational deployments of the service’s emerging autonomous surface capability.

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Sanctions on Russia are the largest ever imposed on any economy in history, but CEPA experts say enforcement is failing to keep pace.

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HMS Prince of Wales has departed Scotland for Nordic waters recently, where the aircraft carrier will conduct exercises with NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force partners focused on Atlantic and High North security.

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Royal Navy aviators from the Commando Helicopter Force supported the British Army-run Ten Tors event on Dartmoor over the weekend, continuing a commitment that stretches back to 1988.

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A U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar for a port visit that the U.S. Sixth Fleet said demonstrates American “capability, flexibility, and continuing commitment to its NATO allies”.

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The Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran has warned that British and French warships operating in the Strait of Hormuz will face a “decisive and immediate response” from Iranian armed forces.

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The Royal Navy is deploying HMS Dragon to the Middle East, where the Type 45 destroyer will pre-position ahead of a potential multinational mission to protect international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Drills progressed from classroom instruction through to full-mission boardings on simulated suspect vessels.

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Kraken Robotics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SEFINE SISAM, a Turkish strategic unmanned systems research firm.

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