Defence Blog Posts

Analysis carried out by the Defence Science and Technical Laboratory (Dstl) has played a pivotal role in the commissioning of HMS Queen Elizabeth, Great Britain’s flagship aircraft carrier. The Queen Elizabeth Carrier (QEC) made its historic debut in Portsmouth on Wednesday 16 August. For Dstl staff, this was the culmination of over a decade’s worth […]

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British engineers working on combat jets to accompany a new complement of UK aircraft carriers have reached a key production milestone. The 318th rear section of an F-35 Lightning II combat jet has rolled off a BAE Systems production line in Samlesbury, Lancashire. This means that 10% of the global requirement has now been met. […]

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Raytheon’s AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defence Radar has successfully acquired and tracked a ballistic missile test target during its second live-target flight test at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. This was a more complex, threat-representative ballistic missile target than those used previously, intended to challenge the detection and tracking capabilities […]

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It has to be seen to be believed; the very first live firing of an MBDA Brimstone air-to-surface missile from a Eurofighter Typhoon. But now members of the defence community can see for themselves, thanks to newly released footage from BAE Systems. The successful firing initially took place in mid-July. It forms part a larger […]

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Today saw Britain’s future flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth arrive into her home port of Portsmouth for the first time. With thousands of people lining the seafront, the 65,000 tonne carrier arrived to the warmest of welcomes. As sailors lined the flight deck of the Royal Navy’s largest ever warship, the HMS Queen Elizabeth was welcomed […]

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As Britain’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, prepares to sail into Portsmouth for the very first time, the team responsible for her future strike force has demonstrated their skills during a major US-UK exercise. Saxon Warrior 2017 saw more than 60 Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel direct carrier strike operations from the deck […]

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The recently upgraded Merlin Mark 4 has spent its first weeks at sea aboard aviation training ship RFA Argus. During the last month an operating manual has been drafted for the crews who will be operating the Royal Marines’ upgraded battlewagon over the next couple of decades. Fleet Air Arm squadrons 845 and 846 have […]

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A Royal Air Force A400M Atlas is being put through its paces in the United States as part of Exercise Mobility Guardian. The airlift aircraft has transported military vehicles, delivered aid relief and flown aeromedical evacuation sorties as part of an intensive series of exercise scenarios designed to improve interoperability between the 31 nations taking […]

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