Chancellor’s budget – good news for defence but don’t break out the champagne

Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and a former defence secretary, Philip Hammond, announced he would provide the MoD an […]

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Poppy Pin

Get your naval poppy pin from Forever Jack. Profits go to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. £3.00 + (£1.75 p&p) Buy

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HMS Queen Elizabeth – making an impression in New York. Westlant 18 deployment – Part 5

HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in New York on the 19th October. Besides offering a great photo opportunity and a good run […]

from Save the Royal Navy https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/hms-queen-elizabeth-making-an-impression-in-new-york-westlant-18-deployment-part-5/

Costs, controversy and context. Update on the Royal Navy’s new OPVs

Like most warship building projects, the Batch II River class OPVs being built for the Royal Navy have proved to […]

from Save the Royal Navy https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/costs-controversy-and-context-update-on-the-royal-navys-new-opvs/

Good news for the Royal Navy and UK Plc – Type 26 frigate design wins in Canada

Hot on the heels of the Type 26 winning the Australian SEA 5000 frigate competition in June, the Canadian government […]

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A tale of two exercises – Royal Navy reaching its operational peak for 2018

October 2018 sees the highest number of RN vessels deployed overseas for a considerable time. Despite limited resources, clever management […]

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Aviation history made aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth

Aviation history was made on board HMS Queen Elizabeth today when a jet made the first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical […]

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F-35 flight trials continue. HMS Queen Elizabeth Westlant 18 deployment – Part 4

Since the first F-35 arrived on board HMS Queen Elizabeth on 25th September the flight trials programme has continued at […]

from Save the Royal Navy https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/f-35-flight-trials-continue-hms-queen-elizabeth-westlant-18-deployment-part-4/

NEW LONG READ – Multi Role Vehicle Protected (MRV-P)

So I know I said I was packing TD in, but I couldn’t resist coming back for a new Long Read, and I still might do the occasional one going forward. This is a look at the Multi Role Vehicle – Protected, defined as A Cat A project intended to meet the requirement for a protected [...]

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from Think Defence http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2018/10/new-long-read-multi-role-vehicle-protected-mrv-p/

MoD awards £1 Billion Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship support contracts

Today the MoD has announced the award of the Future In-Service Support (FISS) contracts worth a total of £1Bn to […]

from Save the Royal Navy https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/mod-awards-1-billion-royal-fleet-auxiliary-ship-support-contracts/

Reporting from the USS Harry S Truman as US Navy strike group visits the UK

Today the USS Harry S Truman, flagship of US Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 8 came to anchor in the Solent […]

from Save the Royal Navy https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/reporting-from-the-uss-harry-s-truman-as-us-navy-strike-group-visits-the-uk/

Development of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier – a design history

In this article, we review how the design of the Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers evolved. This is a broad […]

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