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New Sea Ceptor Missiles to Be Developed for Royal Navy
The MOD has confirmed the development of a new Royal Navy missile defense system which will be able to intercept and destroy enemy missiles traveling at supersonic speeds. The £483m contract to develop this cutting-edge air defense system – known as Sea Ceptor – is being awarded to UK industry. The system uses a new [...]
Royal Navy Upgrades Trafalgar-class submarines
Two of the Royal Navy’s Trafalgar Class submarines are reaping the benefits of major upgrades to their combat systems following their latest maintenance periods. The Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Submarine Combat Systems Group have joined contractors Babcock in successfully delivering major packages of work during the Revalidation and Assisted Maintenance Periods (RAMPs) for HMS [...]
Royal Navy Pilots Train for Aircraft Carrier Landings
The deck of the new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers may be the size of four football pitches and supported by the best part of 65,000 tonnes of steel but, from three miles (5km) out, when viewed through the BAE Systems simulator at Warton, it’s tiny and the target area for landing looks even smaller. [...]
Submarine Rescue System Is Put Through Its Paces
Costing £130m and weighing 360 tonnes, the NATO Submarine Rescue System is one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment in the world. For four days, 70 experts from three countries put it through its paces. The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) is stored and maintained in a giant purpose-built hangar at HM Naval Base [...]
UK Defence Minister Discusses Space Security
Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff visited RAF Fylingdales in North Yorkshire yesterday with Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts to discuss drafting a National Space Security Policy. The Ministers were hosted by the Station Commander of RAF Fylingdales, Wing Commander Rayna Owens. Also accompanying them were members of the National [...]
JSF and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
Media are today speculating that the MOD’s plans to introduce a new fleet of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets, capable of landing on the latest state-of-the-art Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, could be delayed. The MOD’s plans remain on track to have a new carrier strike capability from around 2020. We are taking delivery of [...]
Second tranche of Armed Forces redundancies announced
The Armed Forces are today announcing the fields from which they will select those to be made redundant in Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme. Plans to reduce the size of the Army by 7,000 personnel and both the Navy and RAF by 5,000 personnel by 2015 in order to ensure our Armed [...]
Royal Navy’s New Lynx Wildcat Helicopter Begins Sea Trials
Wildcat, the Royal Navy’s next-generation helicopter, has begun its most extensive trials yet, joining a frigate at sea for the first time. The successor to the trusty Lynx, which has served the Navy and the Army admirably since the 1970s, will spend the next month flying on and off HMS Iron Duke in the English [...]
MOD Paves Way for New Wind-Farm-Friendly Radars
The MOD has agreed a deal for energy companies to fund new wind-farm-friendly radars, with the potential to unlock more than four gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy – enough to power over two million homes A new Air Defence Radar that is not adversely affected by wind farms has been installed and tested on the [...]
