All UK Royal Navy articles – Page 2
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NewsUK embarks first operational F-35Bs in HMS Queen Elizabeth work-up
Lockheed Martin F-35Bs from the Royal Air Force’s frontline 617 Sqn have performed the unit’s first landings aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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NewsMartlet missile firings boost Royal Navy Wildcat defences
A UK Royal Navy and industry team has completed a test campaign of Thales UK Martlet missile firings from the service’s Leonardo Helicopters Wildcat HMA2 maritime rotorcraft.
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In depthUK Royal Navy sets course for Carrier Strike Group 21 test
Moored nose-to-tail in Portsmouth harbour for the first time earlier this year, the UK’s two largest ever warships made an imposing presence, despite the absence of the Lockheed Martin F-35Bs which will in time deliver the Royal Navy vessels’ firepower during operations around the globe.
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NewsHelicopter-launched MBDA Sea Venom anti-ship missile hits target during test
The missile was launched from an Airbus Dauphin helicopter close to the minimum release height, reaching its cruise phase whilst sea skimming at very low height.
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NewsWeapon wing integration keeps Wildcat on target for carrier protection role
The UK Royal Navy’s Wildcat HMA2 rotorcraft will be ready to defend the service’s largest-ever warships from next year, with the integration of key new armaments proceeding on schedule, Leonardo Helicopters says.
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NewsUK F-35s make debut on new aircraft carrier
UK-owned Lockheed Martin F-35Bs have landed on the deck of the Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, just over a year before the combination will be declared operationally ready.
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NewsUK prepares to test combined strike with Royal Navy and RAF
The Royal Navy (RN), Royal Air Force (RAF) and UK industry are approaching a crucial demonstration of the country's formative carrier strike capability, with the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at the heart of the activity.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UK on a roll after F-35B carrier trials
After more than a decade of study, experimentation, modelling and simulation, the UK has successfully completed first trials of a shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) manoeuvre for the Lockheed Martin F-35B on board the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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NewsPICTURES: UK trials unique carrier landing technique with F-35B
The UK has for the first time tested an experimental shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) technique at sea using a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning.
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NewsPICTURES: F-35Bs make debut appearance aboard UK aircraft carrier
Preparations to restore the UK Royal Navy's lapsed carrier strike capability took a major step forward on 25 September, with the arrival of two Lockheed Martin F-35Bs for embarked testing aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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NewsUK prepares for F-35B carrier trials
The UK has taken delivery of its latest example of the Lockheed Martin F-35B, as an integrated test force (ITF) prepares to evaluate the short take-off and vertical landing type from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier for the first time.
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Royal Navy bids farewell to Sea Kings
The Royal Navy has withdrawn its final Westland Sea King helicopters from use, ending 49 years of UK operation for the twin-engined type.
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NewsUK re-forms 617 Sqn for F-35B era
The Royal Air Force's 617 Sqn – the UK's first frontline unit to field the Lockheed Martin F-35B – has been officially re-formed during a ceremony in Washington DC.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: UK preparing ground for F-35B's arrival
Sixteen years after signing up as a Level 1 partner on the US military's Joint Strike Fighter programme, the UK is now just months away from welcoming its first examples of the Lockheed Martin F-35B to home shores.
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NewsMerlin makes first landing aboard new UK aircraft carrier
UK Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin helicopters performed the first deck landings aboard the service's new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, just four days after the 65,000t vessel embarked on its maiden voyage.
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Anglo-French anti-ship missile completes first test
MBDA has detailed a successful first test firing of its helicopter-launched Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile, in development for France and the UK.
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PARIS: UK carrier's helicopter fleet comes to the fore
While the Lockheed Martin F-35B will inevitably be the main attraction of the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth-class carrier, the service is expecting the rotary fleet to really come into its own through the deployment of the AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin, plus other possible rotorcraft in the future.
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PARIS: Raytheon talks to UK over US Navy precision landing system for new carriers
Raytheon is in discussions with the UK government regarding the potential adoption of the US Navy’s precision landing system onto the Royal Navy’s new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, for use with the Royal Navy’s Lockheed Martin F-35B.
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Royal Navy Lynx HMA8 fleet bows out of service
A final flypast of four Royal Navy Westland Lynx HMA8 helicopters from 815 Naval Air Squadron, based at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, will take place on 17 March, before the type is officially decommissioned on 23 March.
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UK extends RWUAS activity with Leonardo
The UK Ministry of Defence has signed a two-year contract extension with Leonardo to continue research and development into a rotary wing unmanned air system (RWUAS) for use during maritime operations.
