Babcock has laid the keel for HMS Formidable at Rosyth, marking the next scheduled milestone in the Type 31 frigate programme, which will deliver five ships to the Royal Navy within 10 years of contract signing.

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Babcock has set out a plan to turn the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates into command vessels for a fleet of large HII-built autonomous warships.

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The Royal Navy will shortly trial its first autonomous escort and carrier-launched fighter drones as part of a push to regain strike advantage in the North Atlantic.

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The First Sea Lord has warned Britain is close to losing its Atlantic edge and called for a rapid shift to hybrid, tech driven naval warfare to hold the line against Russia.

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A set of U.S. Navy investigations has found that four separate incidents involving USS Harry S Truman and its air wing during the carrier strike group’s 2024 to 2025 combat deployment were all preventable. The reports examined mishaps that occurred while the group was striking Houthi targets and operating under sustained missile and drone threat […]

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The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £12.96 million contract to STS Defence for the production and installation communications equipment on the Royal Navy’s next batch of Type 26 frigates.

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The project links autonomous vessels, AI enabled detection networks and existing naval and air platforms, the government stated.

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American assets carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in international waters on 4 December under orders from U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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Sir Stephen Lovegrove has told MPs that the UK’s ability to deliver AUKUS submarines depends on sustained political commitment, long term investment in Barrow, and a more disciplined approach to major nuclear projects across Government.

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The Royal Navy has begun the process of taking command of NATO’s Maritime Allied Reaction Force, the alliance’s primary naval crisis response formation.

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