UK News

XLUUV ~ Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle Testbed Competition
Industry and academia have been invited to trial novel sensors and payloads on the UK XLUUV Extra-Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle Testbed. ~…

Mappleton Beach UXO Clearance Contract Award
The UK DIO has awarded a £1.5-million contract to Brimstone Site Investigation Ltd to remove unexploded ordnance from Mappleton Beach. ~ MoD…

HMS Queen Elizabeth Is Royal Navy Fleet Flagship
The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth today assumed the role of Royal Navy Fleet Flagship in a transfer of the role from…

UK F-35 Lightning LANCE Contract Signed
Lockheed Martin and the F-35 Joint Program Office have signed the UK LANCE (Lightning Air system National Capability Enterprise) contract. ~ UK…

Op RESCRIPT ~ V-QRF Personnel Undertake Training
Last week MACA personnel from the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force assigned to the V-QRF undertook training and validation from NHS…

Raytheon UK To Modernise And Transform RN Training System
Raytheon UK is part of team contracted to modernise and transform the Royal Navy’s technology, training and learning solutions. ~ Press Release,…

Ops Rescript and Broadshare ~ Statement To Parliament
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has detailed Defence’s support to the COVID-19 response in an oral Statement to Parliament. ~ UK MoD…

Intelligent Ship Phase 2 ~ New Funding Awards
The UK MoD has today announced £3 million in awards to fund a new wave of Artificial Intelligence following the Intelligent Ship…

CTX and FEE to join DSEI at ExCeL
CTX (Counter Terror Expo) and FEE (Forensics Expo Europe) are to join DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment International) at ExCeL London. ~…

UK Carrier Strike Group Achieves IOC
The UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has achieved IOC (Initial Operating Capability) ahead of its first operational deployment this year. ~ UK…













