Making history: Uncrewed Royal Navy minehunter docks in mothership in service first
The uncrewed vessel's docking came after extensive trials ahead of a potential operation to make the Strait of Hormuz safe
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Sea vessels Type 31 v French FDI: How do these modern frigates stack up against each other?
The UK and France are both building a new generation of medium displacement frigates – but which one is best?
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RAF Hawk T1's days with the Red Arrows are almost over: Here's what you said should come next
A BFBS Forces News audience poll offered four possible candidates, with a surprise entry being the overwhelming choice for the Reds' new jet
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Technology Laser breakthrough promises faster, secure military satellite communications from space
The significant leap in capability has been likened to moving from dial-up internet to superfast fibre broadband
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Navy RFA Lyme Bay locked and loaded ahead of mine clearance operations in the Middle East
The Bay-class landing ship has been fitted with cutting-edge, uncrewed systems and will act as a mothership for this next generation of ...
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Technology The Soviet navy did it first with the ekranoplan – now the US military's likely to get one too
The Soviet Union's Lun-class MD-160 is the only ground-effect vehicle to have seen military service, but that looks set to change
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Technology Need a wingman? Apache crews could soon fly alongside autonomous drones
Project NYX, announced by the MOD, is exploring how uncrewed aircraft can function as 'loyal wingmen' for Apache crews
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RAF RAF's new anti-drone missiles move from testing to deployment in just eight weeks
Typhoons patrolling the skies in the Middle East are now equipped with the low-cost Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
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Navy Does Royal Navy's Strait of Hormuz deployment mark new era of maritime warfare?
The UK will deploy its uncrewed surface vehicles on operation for the first time in a multi-nation mission to secure the vital waterway
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Navy Royal Navy building integrated system to keep comms flowing when traffic's jammed
The mesh network aims to ensure ships, aircraft, drones and autonomous vessels stay connected if an enemy blocks traditional communications
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Navy Staying afloat: Key milestone achieved as HMS Cardiff undergoes her first flood-up
The Type 26 frigate will now enter the water permanently for the remainder of her fitting out programme, according to BAE Systems
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Navy 1SL bets on Hybrid Navy but defence experts warn it may not be 'silver bullet'
Professor David Blagden's comments came ahead of the First Sea Lord's speech at the Royal United Service Institute
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Army Shortening the kill chain: Army taking a more integrated approach to make it more lethal
A system called Lattice can calculate how best to deploy available assets like loitering munitions or close air support to take out a target
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Opinion Money's powerful, but it can't buy capacity: Building strong defence industrial base takes time
Della Heptinstall, an Associate at Walker Morris, says a strong industrial base is essential for rapid military capability in crises
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Army Army pushes battlefield robotics as autonomous UGVs reshape frontline ops
A contract has been awarded to ARX Robotics by the Army to manufacture autonomous ground systems in the UK
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Ukraine UK pledges to send 120,000 drones to Ukraine in its biggest-ever shipment
The new package includes long-range strike drones, reconnaissance systems, logistics drones, and maritime unmanned vehicles, with some ...