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The MoD has completed the acquisition of the strategically important Finnart Oil Terminal on Scotland’s west coast, expanding the RN’s sovereign fuel storage capacity as part of wider investment in infrastructure, one of the real positives of the Defence Investment Plan published at the end of June. Although the purchase price has not been disclosed, […]
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US Central Command has carried out the first combat use of one-way attack uncrewed surface vessels by American forces, sending three explosive-laden USVs into the Iranian naval base at Bandar Abbas. The tactic mirrors Ukrainian operations in the Black Sea and Houthi actions in the Red Sea and underlines that this form of naval warfare […]
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The long-delayed Defence Investment Plan finally landed on 30th June, promising £298 billion of defence spending over four years and a transformed Royal Navy. Here we look at the financial profile of the DIP in more detail and consider the implications of both the obvious and the more subtle flaws. The £15bn asterisk The government’s […]
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The RN’s experimental extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle, XV Excalibur, has entered a new phase of development. MSubs of Plymouth was recently awarded £6.68 million contract to support the RN trials. We spoke with the company about the programme as the RN moves from learning how to operate XLUUVs to deploying functional payloads. Built under Project […]
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Kraken Technology Group and Capewell, supported by the Royal Navy under Project BEEHIVE, have successfully completed the world’s first extracted-load airdrop of an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) from an A400M military transport aircraft. This validates a capability that could allow uncrewed vessels to be delivered directly into operational areas without the need for a supporti...