Britain has opened its new United Kingdom Naval Support Facility at a ceremony at Mina Salman port in Bahrain. The facility will provide an enduring, self-sufficient operating base capable of meeting the needs of any British warship operating in the region including Britain’s new aircraft carriers future flagships HMS Queen Elizabeth ...
Royal Navy warship HMS Diamond has set sail from Portsmouth Naval Base for a nine-month operational deployment in the Gulf. The destroyer left her home port to cheering crowds on the Round Tower and received a flypast from a Wildcat helicopter based with 815 Naval Air Squadron in Royal Naval Air ...
Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Penzance has returned to her Scottish base of operations after spending three years playing her part in protecting vital waterways in the Gulf. The Faslane ship is a Royal Navy Sandown class Mine Counter Measures Vessel (MCMV) and clocked up over 7,500 hours at sea and ...
Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin has announced the award of an £82M Surveillance Target and Acquisition Support (STAS) contract to north Wales-based Qioptiq. The Minister took the opportunity to highlight Welsh innovation on the global stage by announcing the contract whilst supporting UK companies and promoting developing closer links with ...