Beginning work on the first of their new class of support ships allowed Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors to dip into the service’s past. Personnel attending the steel cut for RFA Resurgent, the lead ship ...

The speech by the First Sea Lord, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM, to the International Sea Power Conference in London on December 08 2025 Thank you, Minister. This is not a normal conference.

More than £300m is being invested in the Royal Navy’s first ever laser weapon after it downed high-velocity drones in latest trials. The success of the latest firings has prompted Whitehall to sign a ...

Royal Marines launched covert boarding missions in the eastern Baltic Sea as they sharpened specialist skills ahead of operating with NATO in an entirely new way. The Commandos are working towards ...

The largest number of UK F-35B Lightning jets ever assembled on either of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers has been deployed to the Mediterranean for a major allied exercise. Flagship HMS Prince ...

Six months working side-by-side on the UK’s premier military deployment have laid the perfect foundations for combined Anglo-Norwegian naval operations. The Norwegian frigate HNoMS Roald Amundsen has ...

Quantum technology was deployed on an uncrewed submarine in a milestone trial for the Royal Navy. Testbed submarine XV Excalibur went to sea with Infleqtion’s quantum optical atomic clock on board – ...

The Royal Navy joined industry experts and defence specialists to prove its ability to use autonomous and uncrewed technology to boost Digital and Information Warfare. Crewless boats controlled from ...

Fourteen Royal Navy cyber security specialists have completed a novel pilot programme to help bring crucial skills to the front line more quickly. Usually recruits for the Royal Navy undertake a ...

The Royal Navy successfully tested the ability to communicate with Experimental Vessel (XV) Excalibur, the Royal Navy’s Extra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (XLUUV), while submerged on the other ...

Royal Navy sailors and officers will benefit from immersive virtual training thanks to a £25m contract with defence firm QinetiQ. The five-year contract will see the Royal Navy get training that ...

The UK’s flagship today completed her maiden visit to Australia to begin the next leg of her Indo-Pacific deployment. HMS Prince of Wales, accompanied by her British and international escorts of the ...