Royal Navy failing to get enough recruits into basic training
Here we report on serious issues hampering the flow of new sailors into the fleet.
Here we report on serious issues hampering the flow of new sailors into the fleet.
In 2019 British naval architecture consultancy, BMT announced their ELLIDA Multi-Role Support Ship design. Here we look at the new iteration of this concept developed in anticipation of the RN’s MRSS requirements and for other potential export customers.
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HMS Prince of Wales headed to the United States in September and has now begun a series of test flights with various aircraft to inform the development of future Royal Navy carrier aviation. Here we cover the first part of the deployment and the start of these trials.
In the recent REPMUS exercise held in Portugal, a BAE Systems / Malloy Aeronautics T-600 UAS was used to launch an inert training variant Sting Ray torpedo. Here we look at the background and the future potential of delivering anti-submarine torpedos by uncrewed aerial systems.More
There has been speculation that the UK Carrier Strike Group, currently on operations in the North Sea, could be sent to the Eastern Mediterranean in response to events unfolding in Israel. For now, HMS Queen Elizabeth will stay in European waters but there are other assets that may be deployed to the region. More
As the first Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ship is formally named and brought into service today, we have compiled a basic guide to the ship and its potential future operations.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth and her air group have completed the first part of planned operations in the North Sea and off Norway. This photo and video essay covers the activities of the UK carrier strike group since leaving Portsmouth on 8th September.
In the first of a series of articles detailing substantive progress with the development of uncrewed systems for the RN, here we look at the PROTEUS Rotary Wing Uncrewed Aircraft System (RWUAS) technology demonstrator being built by Leonardo UK.
The three companies comprising Team Resolute all recently unveiled models of the Fleet Solid Support ships while BMT provided some insight into the ongoing design process.