
The Royal Navy has ordered its first crewless submarine from Plymouth-based company MSubs to shape the future of underwater warfare.

The Polish State Treasury Armament Agency has signed a contract with Swedish company Saab for design, production and support of two ships for Signal Intelligence (SIGINT).

The UK and Norwegian authorities have announced that they have agreed to further strengthen existing defence ties by selecting Kongsberg’s naval strike missile (NSM) for the Royal Navy’s vessels.

British patrol ship HMS Spey has taken part in one of the Pacific’s largest military exercises – the first time the Royal Navy has joined in Exercise Keen Sword.

UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has revealed that it is seeking systems and technologies relevant to uncrewed, persistent, deployable anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability, to provide surveillance of underwater hostiles.

Russian Navy’s new Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine Ufa has been commissioned, Russia’s shipbuilding company Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, revealed.

The Norwegian Coast Guard has christened the first Jan Mayen-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) , at Vard Langsten, Norway.

Damen Naval has selected German technology group Rheinmetall to supply eight MLG27-4.0 defence systems for the F126 frigates the shipyard is building for the German Navy.

The UK Ministry of Defence has selected a preferred bidder to build support ships for the Royal Navy.

Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile cruiser USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) arrived in Portsmouth, UK for a scheduled port visit on 14 November.

Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke has entered the final phase of a major refit which will ensure the ship keeps pace with the latest developments in naval warfare and operations.

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a £4.2bn contract to BAE Systems to manufacture the next five City-class Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy in Glasgow.