And getting there a day earlier than planned after nearly eight months away, well that’s the icing on the cake. The curtain came down on the Royal Navy’s premier deployment of 2025 over the weekend as ...

The road to the Royal Navy taking charge of NATO’s premier naval force has begun with the battlestaff due to lead it being put through their paces. On July 1 next year the Royal Navy will assume ...

The Royal Navy has been undertaking ground-breaking trials to demonstrate the launch and recovery of uncrewed underwater vehicles from submarines. The torpedo tube launched vehicles will increase the ...

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 ...

Royal Marines from the UK Commando Force have been issued a new rifle for specialist operations, including counter-terrorism. More than 1,500 Sig Sauer MCX rifles have been purchased by the Navy, ...

The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 is underway as ships departed ports in England and Norway, led by the nation’s flagship. Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales was waved off by thousands of ...

For the first time in nearly 15 years a Royal Navy fast jet squadron is today operating from the flight deck of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier. F-35B Lightning stealth fighters from 809 Naval Air ...

A powerful laser weapon will be added to the Royal Navy’s arsenal in the next three years as the need for weapons to counter drone and missile threats – like those fired by Houthi rebels – grows. The ...

Royal Navy experts are embracing the next generation tech as they celebrate five successful years operating drones on the front line. 700X Naval Air Squadron – which marks its fifth anniversary next ...

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 ...