The United Kingdom and Norway have signed a landmark agreement that will see the Royal Norwegian Navy acquire at least five Type 26 frigates from British shipbuilders, in a £10 billion programme that will bolster NATO’s northern defences and deliver significant economic benefit across the UK supply chain. The deal was ...
UK maritime innovator, ZeroUSV has deployed one of its uncrewed surface vessels (USV) to Troia, Portugal, joining NATO’s largest exercise for autonomous naval systems alongside more than 20 allied nations and global defence primes. The Plymouth-based firm has been competitively selected by the Royal Navy to send one of its 12metre “Oceanus12 class” ...
Navantia UK has begun fabrication of a transport barge at its Methil facility in Fife, Scotland. The barge is a strategic investment by the company to enable efficient delivery of its Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S)-awarded Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships contract for the Royal Navy. The Scottish Secretary, Ian Murray, ...
Gowling WLG has successfully completed the Defence Marine Services (DMS) programme for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The programme, spanning over six years, involved competitive and single source procurements to enable the disaggregation of current services and the opportunity to modernise the fleet of support vessels, to ensure that the ...
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