The Royal Navy could soon deploy a new underwater robot designed to tackle sabotage attempts and legacy ordnance around pipelines and seabed cables.

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A petition calling on the UK Government not to increase defence spending has attracted just 611 signatures since it was launched — a number that underscores just how little appetite there is for reversing the rearmament of Britain.

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The Strategic Defence Review came under scrutiny in the House of Lords where peers pressed ministers on the future of amphibious lift and the cross-party character of the review.

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Babcock International has opened a new welding apprenticeship school in Bristol, combining traditional training with augmented reality technology to meet rising demand for skilled workers in the defence sector.

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Three Royal Navy warships have been outfitted with the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), with further rollouts to depend on the work following the Strategic Defence Review.

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The Government’s policy on when the United Kingdom might employ its nuclear deterrent were debated in the House of Lords this week.

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Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales has passed through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to begin the Indo-Pacific phase of her eight-month mission.

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Defence Secretary John Healey said “They are the best frigates in the world, and I have been working hard to persuade the Norwegians”.

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Babcock Group has secured a three-year, £114 million contract to prepare for the first nuclear defuelling of a decommissioned Trafalgar-class submarine in more than two decades.

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BAE Systems has received a 30 million US dollar award from the United States Navy to modernise the AN/APX-123A(V) Common Transponder.

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