MBDA’s DragonFire laser set for Royal Navy service after high-speed drone kills
The United Kingdom has awarded a £316 million ($413 million) contract to MBDA UK to deliver DragonFire laser…
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Topics related to the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, including its aviation units and capabilities, known as the Fleet Air Arm.
‘Hard work, progressing well’: Leonardo Proteus demonstrator to fly this year
While standing next to a mockup of Proteus at a briefing, Leonardo’s Managing Director of Helicopters UK announced…
US and UK aircraft carrier strike groups assemble for colossal NATO exercise
Aircraft carrier strike groups from the Unites States (US) Navy and British Royal Navy have assembled in the…
Merlin Mk4 helicopter crashes during training with HMS Queen Elizabeth, one dead
On the night of September 4, 2024, a Merlin Mk4 helicopter participating in a training exercise with the…
HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier back in operation after four-month repairs
One of Britain’s aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has returned to its home port of Portsmouth after undergoing…
Royal Navy makes $370M drug bust helped by US Coast Guard, patrol aircraft
The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy teamed up with the United States Coast Guard and a United States Maritime…
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown: the death-defying WW2 pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft
The British Royal navy pilot Capt. Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown was 96 years old when he passed away at…
Drone lands autonomously on British HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier
A drone has completed a historic flight by landing successfully on the British Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of…
US P-8A Poseidon assists cargo ship harassed by revolutionary guard fast-boats
Details have been released by the United States (US) Navy about an operation to assist a merchant vessel…
UK’s only operating aircraft carrier travelling without fighter jets on board
The UK’s only operating aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, set sail for a month’s training without any fighter…
Leaked video shows British F-35 crashing into the Mediterranean
Unconfirmed footage of the British F-35 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on November 17, 2021, has emerged on social media. Well thank God he…
UK and NATO rush to recover F-35B wreckage before Russia
On November 17, 2021, a Lockheed Martin F-35B crashed in the Mediterranean Sea as it was operating off…
Royal Navy Hawk trainer jet crashes, two pilots eject
A Hawk trainer jet of the British Royal Navy crashed near Helston in Cornwall, southwestern England. Both pilots…
British F-35Bs land for the first time on HMS Queen Elizabeth
For the very first time, F-35B Lightning II fighter jets of the Royal Air Force and the Royal…