All UK Royal Navy articles – Page 5

  • F-35 Queen Elizabeth - Aircraft Carrier Alliance
    Analysis

    ANALYSIS: UK aircraft carrier nears programme milestone

    2014-05-02T14:55:00Z

    Two months from now, the UK Royal Navy’s largest ever warship will be named, before being floated out of its dry dock in Rosyth, Scotland, as the HMS Queen Elizabeth.

  • FASGW Wildcat - Crown Copyright
    News

    UK, France to deliver new anti-ship missile

    2014-03-27T14:47:18Z

    ​MBDA has been awarded a demonstration and manufacturing contract worth more than £500 million ($831 million) to deliver a new helicopter-launched anti-ship missile for the French and UK navies.

  • News

    UK sets 2019 target for Crowsnest introduction

    2014-02-06T07:56:56Z

    ​The UK Royal Navy will field a next-generation organic airborne early warning capability in 2019, 18 months sooner than previously planned.

  • RAF Merlins - Crown Copyright
    News

    UK launches commando role transition for AW101

    2014-01-29T13:44:12Z

    Seven of the UK’s AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin rotorcraft will receive an initial set of modifications to ensure a continuation of support for the Royal Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force once the service’s last Westland Sea King HC4/4+ transports are retired in 2016.

  • ScanEagle - Boeing
    News

    Royal Navy ready to launch ScanEagle operations

    2014-01-16T14:05:31Z

    ​The UK Royal Navy is poised to conduct its first operational flights with the Boeing/Insitu ScanEagle unmanned air system, as the service continues to evaluate its long-term requirements for such equipment.