Many thanks to subscriber Mike Fisher for suggesting this fascinating topic! The Royal Navy lost several warships to air ...

The Iranian foreign ministry designated the Royal Canadian Navy a terrorist organisation on Tuesday in what it said was retaliation for Canada's 2024 blacklisting of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The ...

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure for any corrosive damage, following which those parts will be removed, repaired and reinstalled.

But no more. In a stunning admission of reality, Britain’s First Sea Lord, the head of the Royal Navy and Royal Marine General Sir Gwynn Jenkins asserted that if his nation does not “step up” defense ...

The British navy said Thursday it tracked a Russian submarine navigating through the English Channel for three days, as it steps up efforts to police its seas against such threats. A British naval ...

A mock up of the Proteus RWUAS at the Combined Naval Event 2025. It lacks the various antenna of the technology demonstrator, but it helps to give onlookers an impression of the scale of the unmanned ...

The DragonFire laser directed-energy weapon achieved the U.K.’s first high-power firing of the weapon type against an aerial target in early 2024. (British Defence Ministry) PARIS — MBDA UK won an ...

HMS Diamond (D34) returned to the U.K. in June 2024 after a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Prosperity Guardian. Royal Navy photo The U.S. Navy awarded destroyer HMS ...

The Royal Navy has experimented with naval drones for several years—and has recently developed the “Rattler,” an unmanned boat capable of remote operation from hundreds of miles away. As the British ...

A Royal Navy Leonardo AW159 Wildcat fitted with weapons wings that are shown carrying Martlet missiles on their inboard stations. (Janes/Gareth Jennings) The UK Royal Navy (RN) has declared full ...

The UK Royal Navy‘s Disruptive Capabilities and Technologies Office (DCTO) recently teamed up with scientists from the University of Sussex to test new navigation sensors developed to reduce reliance ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) hopes to perform a demonstration next year from one of its two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers of an attritable ‘loyal wingman’-type drone ultimately capable of ...