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Royal Navy urged to build Hybrid Navy operating system
2+ week, 6+ day ago (197+ words) The Royal Navy risks turning its Hybrid Navy concept into another collection of separately procured platforms unless it builds the digital, command and logistics architecture needed to connect them, according to a new analysis by a former senior naval officer,…...
Multiple new British frigates taking shape in Rosyth
3+ week, 5+ day ago (274+ words) HMS Venturer and HMS Active are both fitting out in the drydocks. Venturer, the first of class, carries her pennant number F12 on the bow and appears externally complete along the hull, with scaffolding still in place around the mast and…...
Royal Navy drone warship fleet could triple missile capacity
4+ week, 2+ day ago (275+ words) War games examining the Royal Navy’s planned Hybrid Navy concept are claimed to have produced a substantial increase in combat mass and roughly three times the missile capacity available for a North Atlantic conflict, the UK Defence Journal understands. Parkin…...
Britain’s ‘new’ tank may be the last of its kind
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (285+ words) Leave aside for the moment that the SDR was out of date before the ink was dry, and the DIP vague and underwhelming. Lots of new military equipment is now in development or on offer, but still with little detail…...
Britain to buy new drone warfare testbed vessel
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) The notice, published on 5 August, is a UK1 pipeline notice, which advertises a potential future contract rather than opening a competition. No tender has been issued and no supplier has been selected, with a tender notice estimated for 30 November 2026. Setting out…...
BAE and NMITE launch RF engineering master’s degree
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (490+ words) UK Defence Journal BAE Systems and the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering have partnered to launch a master’s degree in radio frequency and wireless systems engineering, BAE Systems stated. The company said the MSc is aimed at addressing…...
UK withholds which warships will get new missiles
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (515+ words) The refusal came in a written answer from Defence Minister Luke Pollard to Liberal Democrat MP James MacCleary, who asked for an estimate of how many Type 26 frigates and Type 45 destroyers will be fully fitted and cleared to deploy the…...
Britain’s seabed warfare vessel to get upgrades
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (199+ words) The detail came in a written answer from Defence Minister Luke Pollard to Conservative MP Stuart Anderson, who asked what systems will be developed with the money allocated to seabed warfare in the Defence Investment Plan. The future of British…...
UK outlines thinking behind binning plans for new destroyers
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (569+ words) UK Defence Journal The Ministry of Defence has set out its thinking behind cancelling the Type 83 destroyer, saying the classified analysis that shaped the decision drew on lessons from ongoing conflicts and concluded that a mix of crewed and uncrewed…...
British shipyard gearing up to build drone warships
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (741+ words) The company states the vessel has been designed to provide persistent capability while being built at significantly lower cost than comparable crewed platforms. “I want a thousand-ship navy, but I want most of those ships to be uncrewed. We have…...