Royal Marines are returning in force to the Arctic Circle as the UK and Norway begin a new era of joint operations in defence of NATO’s northern flank. A recent agreement between the two nations is ...

HMS Lancaster arrived in Bahrain for the final time today – ending one of the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship. Flying her paying-off pennant – a ribbon-like White Ensign whose ...

Britain’s premier naval deployment of 2025 ends this weekend as the ships, jets and helicopters of the UK Carrier Strike Group returns home. Families and well-wishers are expected to gather at air and ...

The Royal Navy carried out two interceptions in a fortnight of Russian vessels in UK waters – including monitoring an intelligence gathering vessel. Plymouth-based HMS Somerset shadowed Russian ...

Royal Navy specialists worked alongside French and Norwegian counterparts to test their ability to rescue stricken submarines during a two-week exercise in Scotland. The NATO Submarine Rescue System ...

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 ...

Five uncrewed boats remotely-piloted from 500 miles away swarmed around HMS Tyne in a demonstration of how the Royal Navy could utilise such technology on operations. A real-life scenario of escorting ...

Cape Town, Singapore, Darwin, Busan, Goa and Mombasa. Not your usual holiday itinerary. “This is my last appointment after 44 years of service and I could not have asked for a better team, with their ...

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 – ...

Initial Operating Capability (IOC) has been met for the anti-ship Sea Venom missile, meaning it can now be deployed with Wildcat helicopters on front-line duties. A Wildcat can carry up to four Sea ...