Royal Navy’s Multi Role Support Ship programme to go ahead
The Defence Secretary has confirmed that the MRSS programme has been approved and the RN will receive up to 6 amphibious vessels.
The Defence Secretary has confirmed that the MRSS programme has been approved and the RN will receive up to 6 amphibious vessels.
When we summarised the condition of the RFA at the end of 2023 it was clear the service was facing significant challenges. In the last few months there has been little improvement and dissatisfaction amongst the shrinking workforce has come to a head.
Transiting capability gaps with technological solutions: meeting the requirements of tomorrow’s navies Portsmouth Marriott Hotel, UK18 – 19 June 2024 The Surface, Air and Seabed Warfare (SASW) conference, will focus on how warships, as a platform, can be augmented by technology and operate as a key asset across the multi-domain battlespace. Considering evolving threats, with […]
In this article, we consider the potential upgrade projects at Devonport to accommodate Royal Navy warships into the next few decades.
In late March it was announced that the SEA Ancilia system had won the competition to develop a new trainable decoy launcher for the RN. In this article we look at the background and the winning bid.
HMS Diamond returned to the Red Sea area in March and at 1151 local time on April 24, she shot down an Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen over the Gulf of Aden.
In January 2023 the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) launched the Novel Amphibious Craft competition as a prelude to replacing the Royal Marines’ small landing craft. Here we look at one of the potential solutions – Steller Systems’ Offshore Insertion Craft concept.
In this article we summarise the current status of the RN’s surface combatants.
Here we summarise recent progress with the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigate programme and the £300 million shipyard infrastructure investments being made by BAE Systems in Glasgow.