The new Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson joined Servicemen and women in the capital to support The Royal British Legion’s (TRBL) annual London Poppy Day. Around 980 personnel from the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force were on hand to greet commuters at underground and mainline railway stations across ...
A further 15 manufacturing contracts have been awarded to suppliers of the Type 26 Global Combat Ship by BAE Systems, sustaining 500 maritime jobs in the process. 44 companies are now working directly with BAE Systems to deliver the Type 26. These latest contract wins, worth upwards of £40M, include diesel ...
The Royal Navy’s future flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has sailed from Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time since arriving at her home port in August. The vessel is set to undertake her the next set of sea trials to test the £3 billion ship’s capability. Captain of Portsmouth Naval Base, Captain ...
The Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has paid a visit to A&P Tyne near Newcastle – one of the shipyards currently in contention to build a brand new class of vessel on behalf of the Royal Navy. Since the launch of the National Shipbuilding Strategy last September, more than 20 proposals ...