More than £300m is being invested in the Royal Navy’s first ever laser weapon after it downed high-velocity drones in latest trials. The success of the latest firings has prompted Whitehall to sign a ...

Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and her air wing of F-35 fighter jets have completed the first of two major Mediterranean workouts under NATO command. The NATO pennant flew from the ...

The largest number of UK F-35B Lightning jets ever assembled on either of the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers has been deployed to the Mediterranean for a major allied exercise. Flagship HMS Prince ...

Cape Town, Singapore, Darwin, Busan, Goa and Mombasa. Not your usual holiday itinerary. “This is my last appointment after 44 years of service and I could not have asked for a better team, with their ...

A Royal Navy destroyer and helicopter were deployed on a 48-hour NATO operation monitoring a Russian warship in UK waters, marking a historic first for the alliance. Portsmouth-based HMS Duncan was ...

A Royal Navy warship has completed the first firing of new ship-busting missiles capable of taking out enemy vessels at ranges of more than 100 miles. Plymouth-based frigate HMS Somerset headed to ...

Royal Navy warships and Royal Marines operating behind enemy lines will be supported from the air by two drone systems now ready for front-line operations. After two years of trials and development, ...

In a historic first, the Royal Navy made a delivery of supplies between warships using a British-made drone during its major 2025 Indo-Pacific mission. A Malloy T-150 quadcopter flew from flagship HMS ...

Royal Navy flagship HMS Prince of Wales has arrived in Tokyo for a historic visit to deepen bonds between Japan and the UK. The ship leads the UK Carrier Strike Group into Japan’s capital for a major ...

Thirty engineers from Fleet Support Units (FSUs) Archimedes and Brunel gathered to explore the potential of AI for analysis, maintenance and component failure forecasting. The event, hosted under the ...

The UK’s flagship today completed her maiden visit to Australia to begin the next leg of her Indo-Pacific deployment. HMS Prince of Wales, accompanied by her British and international escorts of the ...

For the first time in more than a century iconic artefacts from a tragic WW1 battleship are above the waves – recovered from the wreck in Scapa Flow. Divers have brought the bell, badge and tampion – ...