A brand new Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) has been christened at the Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow. HMS Medway – second of five Batch 2 River class OPVs – is the tenth vessel to bear that name since the 1690s. It’s a distinction that demonstrates the longstanding relationship between the ...
BAE Systems has made available its warship design and engineering capabilities, together with its combat systems expertise, to commercial shipbuilder Cammell Laird as part of a Teaming Agreement bid for the manufacture of the Type 31e – an adaptable general purpose frigate. The newly announced Teaming Agreement is a response to ...
A NATO-led multinational operational exercise has taken place off the coast of Scotland, during which a Raytheon built Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) intercepted a ballistic missile target at sea. Dubbed ‘Formidable Shield 17’, this was an integrated air and missile defence exercise aimed at replicating real-life threat scenarios. With support from the ...
The Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon, along with the Minister for the Armed Forces and Minster for Defence Procurement, met US Secretary of the Navy for the first time. During the meeting a number of defence and security issues were reviewed including close Carrier cooperation, deepening capability collaboration on F-35s and ...
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