MBDA has signed a contract in Doha for the supply of a coastal defence system for the Qatari Emiri Naval Forces (QENF). The innovative coastal missile system will deploy two different munitions, Marte ER and Exocet MM40 Block 3, and will be able to work in autonomous mode with its own ...
A Royal Navy warship has left Portsmouth Naval Base in order to assist in an operation designed to counter arms trafficking. HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, set sail to the southern Mediterranean on 31st August for a two-month deployment, replacing the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Mounts Bay during a ...
RFA Mounts Bay has assisted in a Danish-led mission to remove chemicals from Libya. The operation has seen the removal of the last materials, which could be used to manufacture chemical weapons, following the Libyan Government of National Accord request for support from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...
QinetiQ will provide the UK component of a multinational demonstration of unmanned and autonomous systems under a new contract with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Dubbed Hell Bay 4, the demonstration will see a variety of unmanned underwater, surface and air vehicles working co-operatively within a number of ...