In June 2025, the British Royal Navy dispatched a fleet of warships and helicopters to track a Russian vessel as it transited the English Channel and North Sea. One of the vessels sent to monitor the ...

Type 45s are impressive ships on paper. But Britain is not in any position to handle them given their current, systemic problems. Britain has struggled for decades in the wake of its victory in the ...

LONDON — Britain launched the fourth of its Type 45 destroyers, HMS Dragon, on Nov. 17. The second of the class, HMS Dauntless, has just begun sea trials. The United Kingdom is now buying only six ...

The Ministry of Defence says the ship will prepare to join an international mission to safeguard shipping, but only when ...

The HMS Daring, first in a new class of anti-air destroyers being built by the United Kingdom, is being assembled in anticipation of its February launch, BAE Systems said. The ship will be the first ...

HMS Dragon successfully intercepted a supersonic sea-skimming target during a live-fire demonstration as part of Exercise ‘Formidable Shield 25' on 15 May. This is the first time in Royal Navy history ...

The UK's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation has announced the award of two contracts for the GBP500 million (USD690 million) upgrade of the air-defence capabilities of the Royal Navy's ...

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The news was issued during the Sea-Air-Space 2025 Conference at the National Resort & Convention Center in Maryland through April 9. The announcement underscores the company’s 30-year legacy as a ...