The Royal Navy’s ability to fight in the underwater battlespace took a step forward after successful demonstrations with industry experts in drone and uncrewed technology. Small and medium enterprises ...

Missile-armed helicopters, drones and fast boats will join battle in the fjords for a high-octane test of the British and Norwegian Navies. The fourth iteration of Exercise Tamber Shield will push the ...

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For the first time a fleet of drones will fly crucial supplies between ships of the UK Carrier Strike Group when it deploys to the Indo-Pacific later this month. Alongside its F35B stealth jets and ...

More than £300m is being invested in the Royal Navy’s first ever laser weapon after it downed high-velocity drones in latest trials. The success of the latest firings has prompted Whitehall to sign a ...

Britain’s premier naval deployment of 2025 ends this weekend as the ships, jets and helicopters of the UK Carrier Strike Group returns home. Families and well-wishers are expected to gather at air and ...

The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 is underway as ships departed ports in England and Norway, led by the nation’s flagship. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales was waved off by thousands of ...

One of the Royal Navy’s most advanced warships shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise off the Welsh coast. Taking on the kind of threats currently seen in the Red Sea and other regions, ...

Sailors will be able to identify and neutralise mines and other underwater threats in safer conditions thanks to the delivery of new cutting-edge countermeasure systems. The Royal Navy now has the use ...

HMS Lancaster arrived in Bahrain for the final time today – ending one of the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship. Flying her paying-off pennant – a ribbon-like White Ensign whose ...

A powerful laser weapon will be added to the Royal Navy’s arsenal in the next three years as the need for weapons to counter drone and missile threats – like those fired by Houthi rebels – grows. The ...