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NATO seeks industry input for air defence sensing trials
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (277+ words) The initiative, known as Eastern Sentry, is being led in partnership with MIT Lincoln Laboratory and is intended to inform the design of NATO's next-generation Integrated Air and Missile Defence architecture, the UK Defence Journal understands. Industry and research organisations…...
High value contracts awarded to support 3, 000 MOD boats
2+ week, 3+ day ago (366+ words) The contracts, delivered through the Boats In-Service Support programme (BISS26), have been awarded to Babcock, Serco, Golden Arrow Marine, UK Docks and Griffon Marine Ltd, and will run from April 2026 to March 2033. The work will support a wide range of vessels…...
Progress continues on new British warship in Glasgow
2+ week, 4+ day ago (299+ words) The company said teams from operations, shipbuilding, commissioning and engineering worked together to prepare the ship's chain lockers before fitting the cables, a necessary step to ensure the system can safely support the vessel's anchors. With the chains now installed,…...
Work continues to boost submarine maintenance at Clyde
4+ week, 2+ day ago (263+ words) The "68, 890 contract has been awarded to Beaverfit, a Shropshire-based company, to provide an ISO container-based temporary covered storage solution supporting the Royal Navy's Submarine Maintenance Recovery Plan. The Submarine Maintenance Recovery Plan was formally launched in January and is designed…...
Royal Navy support contract planned for pipes and valves
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (216+ words) Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has issued a preliminary market engagement notice seeking industry input ahead of a potential procurement covering the supply of spare parts, repairs and engineering support for what it describes as hoses, pipework, engineering and valves…...
Huge section of new warship arrives in Glasgow
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (213+ words) The large steel structure, which forms the forward section of the ship's hull, was transported by sea from Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, one of several UK shipyards manufacturing major blocks for the Type 26 frigate programme. The distributed build model is…...
Spain puts all of its Aegis frigates to sea at once
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (628+ words) In a statement issued on 6 February, the Spanish Navy said the entire class of more than 6, 000-ton escort frigates is currently operating at sea across multiple national and international theatres, including NATO missions and allied naval task groups. Pfft, we…...
Spain deploys to Iceland for first time in NATO air policing
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (199+ words) We are fully committed to NATO's Air Policing mission," said Lieutenant Colonel Ichaso. We are pleased to be in Iceland for the first time, and we stand ready to secure the skies and ensure a credible deterrence posture." The deployment…...