The first steel on the new Type 26 Frigates has been cut by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. During the ceremony, held at BAE Systems Shipyard in Glasgow, the Defence Secretary also revealed that the first ship will be named after the city where it is being built, Glasgow. The name is particularly ...
The first testing service for autonomous maritime vehicles is to be delivered by BAE Systems. With a grant awarded of £457,000 from Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), the service is due to be launched later this year. Based around Portsmouth, Southampton and the South East of the Isle of Wight, BAE Systems ...
UK maritime forces have trained alongside partner nations’ navies during deployment on board a French warship. Around 60 Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel exercised with their counterparts from other countries during the five-month annual French naval deployment to the Indian Ocean and Far East, including the first ever four-part maritime exercise ...
Australia’s Future submarine program reached a major international milestone recently, with the opening of its office in Cherbourg, France. The official opening was welcomed by partners to the Australian Department of Defence, Lockheed Martin Australia and Naval Group, who are working with the government in Australia’s largest defence capital program in ...
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