British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has hinted at a possible response by a Western-led coalition in the Red Sea against Houthi militants in Yemen, after Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond… Continue reading "UK Defence Secretary: “Watch This Space” On Response To Continued Houthi Attacks"
Turkey has denied two former Royal Navy Minehunters, now part of the Ukrainian Navy, passage through their waters as the ships attempt to make their way to the Black Sea.… Continue reading "Ex-UK Minehunters Denied Access To Turkish Waters"
The first Sandown-class Mine Countermeasures Vessel (MCMV) purchased by Romania from the United Kingdom under the “Mine Hunter” program, Sublocotenent Ion Ghiculescu, arrived at the Port of Constanta on December… Continue reading "Romanian Navy Commissions First Sandown Class Mine Hunter"
The UK’s Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that a Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group is to visit Japan in 2025 as part of the flagship 2025 Indo-Pacific deployment. The… Continue reading "British Carrier Strike Group To Visit Japan in 2025"
The United Kingdom are to lead a new Maritime coalition with Norway to deliver new ships and vehicles to bolster Ukraine’s ability to fight at sea. UK Defence Secretary Grant… Continue reading "UK To Transfer 2 Royal Navy Minehunters To the Ukrainian Navy"
The UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps and the Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles have visited Rolls-Royces’s nuclear reactor manufacturing site in Derby, to meet the first… Continue reading "AUKUS: Grant Shapps and Richard Marles Visit Nuclear Reactor Factory"
A large-scale beach-landing exercise on the Hampshire coast has been used to collect data on new cutting-edge AI products for the UK Ministry of Defence. The Defence Science and Technology… Continue reading "UK Beach Landing Trials Help to Develop AI Capabilities"
BAE Systems has begun to construct its new shipbuilding hall in Govan in the Scottish city of Glasgow. The announcement of the beginning of construction comes in the wake of… Continue reading "BAE Systems Begin To Build New Shipbuilding Hall in Glasgow"
The British Ministry of Defense announced on October 1 that the SSN-AUKUS program developing nuclear-powered attack submarines under the trilateral AUKUS program has entered its Detailed Design and Long Leads… Continue reading "AUKUS Submarine Program Enters Detailed Design Phase"
The UK’s Ministry of Defence have revealed that a large amount of British military equipment could contain asbestos. Ministers shared their fears that Challenger 2 tanks, Warriors armored fighting vehicles… Continue reading "UK Ministry of Defence Reveals Scale of Asbestos Use in Tanks and Aircraft"