Sourced : Royal Navy Her Majesty The Queen commissioned last Thursday the UK’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into the Royal Navy. The Queen spoke at a ceremony in Portsmouth Naval Base this morning, attended by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson and military chiefs. In her role as the ship’s… Continue reading HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WELCOMES HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH INTO THE ROYAL NAVY FLEET
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3M22 ZIRCON : RUSSIA’S “UNSTOPPABLE” HYPERSONIC MISSILE
Sourced : International Business Times By James Billington Russia claims to have created a devastating hypersonic missile that travels five times faster than the speed of sound and could rip through navy warship defences because it’s too fast to stop. The Kremlin’s 3M22 Zircon (Brahmos II) missile has been called “unstoppable”, “unbeatable” and “undefendable” with… Continue reading 3M22 ZIRCON : RUSSIA’S “UNSTOPPABLE” HYPERSONIC MISSILE
F-35s DOMINATE WAR GAMES EXERCISE
Sourced : Royal Navy After eight days at ‘war’ the F-35A conventional aircraft achieved a 15:1 kill ratio against the F-16s. The ‘jump jet’ B version of the fifth-generation strike fighter will fly from HMS Queen Elizabeth and her sister Prince of Wales. Lt Col George Watkins, an F-35 pilot and 34th Fighter Squadron commander,… Continue reading F-35s DOMINATE WAR GAMES EXERCISE
NAVY’S SMALLEST SHIP PAVES WAY FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE OF ITS LARGEST
The smallest vessel in the Royal Navy is playing a key role in the maiden voyage by Britain’s largest warship. Tiny launch HMS Gleaner – previously used to scan the wreck of the Mary Rose in the Solent – has spent weeks surveying every inch of the Forth estuary to ensure carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth… Continue reading NAVY’S SMALLEST SHIP PAVES WAY FOR MAIDEN VOYAGE OF ITS LARGEST
HMS DARING TO JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST DAESH
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced HMS Daring will deploy to the Gulf as the UK’s latest contribution to the campaign against Daesh. The Type 45 destroyer and her 190-strong crew will sail from Portsmouth on Friday with a mission to use her sophisticated radar and missile systems to protect US aircraft carriers as they… Continue reading HMS DARING TO JOIN CAMPAIGN AGAINST DAESH
DEFENCE MINISTER SEES CARRIER PREPARATIONS AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE
A Defence Minister visited Portsmouth Naval Base last Monday (23rd of May) to see how it is preparing to accommodate the Royal Navy’s two new 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers. Mark Lancaster, Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans, saw progress on various infrastructure works and in particular a new centre of specialisation which is nearing completion. The… Continue reading DEFENCE MINISTER SEES CARRIER PREPARATIONS AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BASE
FIRST SAILORS JOIN NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN SCOTLAND
Twelve Royal Navy personnel have become the first crew to join the UK’s second aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, currently being built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance in Rosyth. As the first Ship’s Company, the team will work alongside their Industry partners over the coming years to learn about the ship, the equipment and… Continue reading FIRST SAILORS JOIN NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER IN SCOTLAND
TWO HALVES OF PRINCE OF WALES JOINED TOGETHER
The operation, which is believed to be a UK record in terms of the weight of ship that was skidded, took place in Babcock Rosyth Facilities over 10 hours. Tom Niven, Build and Assembly Manager for the Aircraft Carrier Alliance (ACA), stated: “While we’ve completed a few of these skidding operations on the QEC Carriers,… Continue reading TWO HALVES OF PRINCE OF WALES JOINED TOGETHER
WORK BEGINS ON HMS TRENT
Work began yesterday Friday the 9th of October, on the third and final ship in the trio, HMS Trent, at the BAE yard in Govan as defence procurement Philip Dunne pressed the button to start a plasma cutter at work on sheets of steel. HMS Forth is already 50 per cent assembled in the neighbouring… Continue reading WORK BEGINS ON HMS TRENT
FIRST SEA LORD EXPERIENCES F-35B SIMULATION
With the Introduction to Service of the F-35B Lightning II jets starting to ramp up, and the first carrier construction at an advanced stage, the manufacturers Lockheed Martin brought a cockpit demonstrator to London. The demonstrator provided visitors with the unique opportunity of flying the aircraft and seeing its capabilities first hand as well as… Continue reading FIRST SEA LORD EXPERIENCES F-35B SIMULATION