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UK Invests £90M in Atlantic Net Drone Network to Guard Undersea Cables and Track Russian Submarines
The Ministry of Defence has chosen Ocean Infinity Solutions to run Atlantic Net, a £90 million contractor-operated network of drones, sensors and…
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Norwegian Kongsberg Unveils Arctic Hunter USV in Bid to Give Royal Navy an Uncrewed Submarine Hunter
Kongsberg Maritime has proposed its 56-meter Arctic Hunter USV for the Royal Navy’s Type 92 submarine-hunting requirement, with a Birkenhead build and…
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Royal Navy Launches First Autonomous Squadron to Take Kraken and Rattler Drone Boats to Front Line
The Royal Navy has commissioned its 1st Autonomous Squadron at Portsmouth, replacing Project Beehive with a standing unit of around 180 personnel…
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UK Aircraft Carrier HMS Prince of Wales Arrives in Oslo After First Rearming in a Foreign Port
HMS Prince of Wales ends the autumn phase of Operation Firecrest in Oslo after its F-35Bs escorted a US B-52, the carrier…
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F-35B Stealth Fighter Releases Meteor Long-Range Missile From Its Internal Bay for the First Time
An inert Meteor separated from an F-35B internal weapons bay on October 7, 2026, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, opening a…
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Royal Navy Launches Nyan Strike Drones From Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the First Time
The Royal Navy has launched Nyan strike drones from HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, while a Tekever AR5 also flew…
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US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $122M Trident II Navigation Subsystem Deal for US and UK Submarines
Lockheed Martin has won a $122.4 million no-bid Navy contract to sustain and develop the Trident II D5 navigation subsystem, a Shipboard…
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British Babcock’s ARMOR Force Adds Thales, Hensoldt and Kraken to Pair Frigates With Naval Drones
Seven firms, including Thales, Hensoldt, Exail and Kraken Technology Group, have joined Babcock’s ARMOR Force framework, which pairs Type 31 command frigates…
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Germany’s STARK Unveils Vanta 24 Autonomous Vessel Built to Carry Anti-Ship Missiles in the Baltic
STARK has unveiled Vanta 24, a roughly 24-meter uncrewed surface vessel built for Baltic Sea conditions. Fitted for anti-ship missiles and a…
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British Tanker RFA Tideforce Fuels Both UK Carriers and Shadows Russian Units on Arctic Mission
RFA Tideforce spent six weeks under Combined Task Force 320 in the North Atlantic and Arctic, delivering more than 2.9 million litres…