British aviation history has been made with the UK’s first truly autonomous full-size helicopter completing its maiden flight, operating from Predannack airfield in Cornwall. The helicopter has been ...

Royal Marines are returning in force to the Arctic Circle as the UK and Norway begin a new era of joint operations in defence of NATO’s northern flank. A recent agreement between the two nations is ...

Twenty-seven sailors and Royal Marines have been honoured by His Majesty The King in his New Year’s Honours’ List. From the highest military position in the land through some of the longest-serving ...

HMS Lancaster arrived in Bahrain for the final time today – ending one of the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship. Flying her paying-off pennant – a ribbon-like White Ensign whose ...

Britain’s premier naval deployment of 2025 ends this weekend as the ships, jets and helicopters of the UK Carrier Strike Group returns home. Families and well-wishers are expected to gather at air and ...

The Royal Navy carried out two interceptions in a fortnight of Russian vessels in UK waters – including monitoring an intelligence gathering vessel. Plymouth-based HMS Somerset shadowed Russian ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quantum technology was deployed on an uncrewed submarine in a milestone trial for the Royal Navy. Testbed submarine XV Excalibur went to sea with Infleqtion’s quantum optical atomic clock on board – ...

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 ...

His Majesty the King today welcomed the Royal Navy’s newest nuclear submarine as HMS Agamemnon was commissioned. He joined around 500 guests – family members, VIPs, senior politicians and military ...