HMS Sutherland has successfully fired her 4.5-inch Mk8 main gun during capability trials at sea, a milestone in the Type 23 frigate’s regeneration.

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Programme Euston will be one of the most significant and sustained government investments in Scotland over the coming decades, the MoD has said.

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US Marines have carried out a live-fire drill defending the USS Portland in the South China Sea, as the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group operates in contested Indo-Pacific waters.

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F-35B stealth jets have embarked on HMS Prince of Wales as the carrier conducts NATO’s Arctic Sentry vigilance in the North Atlantic, alongside HMS Duncan and RFA Tidespring.

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Ferguson Marine has moved the dual-fuel ferry MV Glen Rosa into its second dry dock at Greenock for hull inspections, remedial work and painting, in what it calls a major step towards delivering the CalMac vessel by the final quarter of 2026.

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The retired British couple whose yacht had warning shots fired near it by a Russian frigate in the Channel have rejected Moscow’s claim they were on a “dangerous course”, telling BBC Newsnight the Russian account is “simply not true”.

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The Royal Navy still has no firm successor to its Crowsnest carrier early warning system, with options including uncrewed aircraft remaining under investigation and any decision held up by the unpublished Defence Investment Plan.

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The Ministry of Defence has given further detail on the Channel incident, saying the Russian frigate was drifting, rather than moving under its own power, when it fired warning shots towards a British yacht to prevent a collision.

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The Royal Navy intends to conduct an embarked demonstration of an uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier within 18 months, the Ministry of Defence has told Parliament.

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Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich is reported to have fired shots near a British yacht in the English Channel, according to the crew of the yacht.

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