The UK Royal Navy has confirmed that a new type of laser weapon under development will be installed on one of the service’s warships in 2027. The DragonFire laser weapon will be added to the Royal Navy’s array of air defence weaponry, which includes the Sea Viper and Sea Ceptor missile systems that...
Training for ship navigation and tugboat maneuvering has been enhanced in the UK after classification approval for a new suite of simulators. DNV has provided a statement of compliance to UK maritime technology group BMT for its suite of five full-mission bridge simulators in southern England.
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A landing ship and a submarine of the Russian Navy were struck and damaged as a result of a missile attack on Sevastopol naval base on Wednesday, September 13, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed in a recent intelligence update. The MOD said multiple missiles struck the Sevmorzavod shipyard...
The UK Royal Navy is proceeding full speed ahead towards completely abandoning the use of crewed specialist mine hunting vessels, as sea trials of uncrewed mine counterme ..
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The pathway to Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, under Pillar 1 of the AUKUS partnership, assigns a prominent role to the UK, as the designer and co-builder ..
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King Henry VIII of England is most famous for two things: 1) having six wives and 2) “dissolving” the monasteries. The latter was especially chaotic, being characteri ..
The French Navy has a new multi-role vessel for deployment from one of France’s overseas territories while the Indian Coast Guard places a fast patrol craft into servic ..
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has selected a consortium formed by naval architecture firm BMT, Belfast-based shipyard Harland and Wolff, and Spanish defence contractor ..
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The Norwegian Coast Guard names its newest vessel while construction is ongoing on a French Navy multi-role frigate. The UK Defence Ministry orders additional warships fr ..
Newly launched naval vessels include an Australian patrol boat and two Indian diving support vessels that are also capable of rescuing submarine crews. Construction is un ..