Tag: Royal Navy
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Small Boat Threat
QinetiQ Maritime has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence to carry out research into the co-ordinated defence of the Royal Navy fleet against the threat of attacks […]
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HMS Ambush Commissioned
The Royal Navy’s latest, most advanced attack submarine was commissioned into the Royal Navy on Friday, 1 March 2013, during a ceremony at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde. HMS Ambush […]
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MoD announces £1.2bn submarine contract
A £1.2bn contract has been awarded to build the Royal Navy’s new attack submarine Audacious. The BAE Systems deal, which will secure 3,000 jobs at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, will progressively […]
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Official Secrets Act Breach
Royal Navy submariner admits Official Secrets Act breach. A Royal Navy submariner has admitted breaching the Official Secrets Act by collecting classified coding programmes that could be useful to UK […]
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Development Budget Increased
A further £350m of funding for the development of the future generation of UK nuclear-armed submarines has been announced. Defence Secretary announces further £350m for Successor submarines. The Defence Secretary has announced an additional […]
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No Delays
he UK Royal Navy’s advanced nuclear powered attack submarine HMS Astute has undergone and completed a substantial in-service maintenance programme on-schedule HMS Astute completes in-service maintenance period on-schedule HMS Astute – the […]
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GE delivers final propulsion motors
The last of eight propulsion motors for the two aircraft carriers under construction for the Royal Navy have been delivered by GE Energy Management’s Power Conversion business. The two vessels, […]
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Show of Force
An armada of US and British naval power is massing in the Persian Gulf in the belief that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran’s covert nuclear weapons programme. […]
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Royal Navy survey ship departs
HMS Enterprise has sailed from Falmouth in Cornwall to the Middle East for nine months on operations. The survey ship will be protecting the nation’s interests and contributing to the […]
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Future of the Invincible Class
Plans to preserve the legacy of the Royal Navy’s Invincible Class aircraft carriers were outlined by the UK Ministry of Defence on Monday. MOD sets out future of Invincible Class […]
