The Royal Navy recently tested shadowing warships with a swarm of unmanned surface and underwater vessels in a bid to ...

Royal Navy tests “Rattler” uncrewed vessels in a milestone sea trial, escorting warships from 500 miles away in a step toward a Hybrid Navy.

The Royal Navy could soon rely on robotic missile warships to strengthen its fleet amid an ongoing recruitment crisis. Defence giant BAE Systems is set to reveal two new concept ships at a major arms ...

HMS Diamond downed multiple Houthi drones and missiles during the US-led “Operation Prosperity Guardian” near Yemen, earning ...

Chilling scenes have seen a Royal Navy warship swarmed by drone boats. Five uncrewed boats remotely piloted from 500 miles ...

A flotilla of uncrewed "wolf pack" drone boats has successfully been used to escort warships in a Royal Navy and Army trial. The five vessels "swarmed" around HMS Tyne and HMS Stirling Castle off the ...

The Ministry of Defence has outlined ongoing work to enhance the firepower of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet as part of a ...

The new HMS Stirling Castle is not a purpose-built minesweeper, but a civilian vessel bought by the Royal Navy and converted into a mothership for naval minehunting drones.

Russian warships and other vessels loitering in waters around Britain face being shadowed by maritime drones piloted from 500 ...

The latest specialist minehunting ship left Birkenhead last month to conduct sea trials and some training off the west coast of England and Scotland as the vessel begins its journey to front-line ...

The Type 45 destroyer and helicopter, a Wildcat model, were scrambled to shadow Russian destroyer Vice Admiral Kulakov.

Wed, Oct 22, 2025 A Royal Navy destroyer and helicopter have monitored a Russian warship as it sailed through UK waters in the English Channel. Portsmouth-based HMS Duncan was operating under the ...