All UK Royal Navy articles
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NewsRoyal Navy pushes pilotless ‘pathfinders’ as service eyes uncrewed systems for future force
The UK Royal Navy is pushing ahead with the development of a trio uncrewed rotary-wing systems – Peregrine, Proteus and Primus – viewed as “pathfinders” for the future introduction of next-generation pilotless aircraft.
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Wildcat flights temporarily halted on safety concerns
Flights of Leonardo Helicopters AW159 Wildcats operated by the Army Air Corps and Royal Navy were recently “paused” on safety grounds, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has disclosed.
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Ascent kicks off tender for UK military rear-crew training
Ascent Flight Training will later this year begin a tender process that will ultimately see it train rear crews for aircraft – plus pilots for unmanned platforms – across the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy (RN).
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Pratt & Whitney’s GatorWorks to 3D print entire jet engine
The first time Pratt & Whitney’s GatorWorks attempted to 3D-print a combustor for the miniature TJ-150 jet engine, the results were anything but perfect. Lessons learned, the West Palm Beach, Florida-based outfit is now taking additive manufacturing one step further: attempting to produce a TJ-150 turbine entirely out of 3D-printed parts.
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JPALS deployed on UK’s HMS Queen Elizabeth and Italy’s Cavour aircraft carriers
Raytheon’s Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) has been deployed on the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth and Italy’s ITS Cavour, the first aircraft carriers outside of the US Navy to feature the system.
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Gearbox tests to validate torque increase on AW101 helicopters
Leonardo Helicopters is hoping next year to conduct a hot and high test campaign in the USA of a main gearbox (MGB) upgrade for the AW101 that will significantly increase lift capability.
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How carrier strike deployment is flying the flag for UK trade
With the Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 21 deployment now set to enter its Indo-Pacific-region phase, the UK will be using the activity to strengthen both its military and trade relations with existing allies and potential new partners.
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US Marine Corps commits detachment of F-35Bs to HMS Queen Elizabeth
The US Marine Corps has committed a detachment of Lockheed Martin F-35Bs to the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier for its first overseas deployment this year.
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UK aircraft carrier bulks up with 15 RAF, US Marine Corps F-35Bs
Fifteen Lockheed Martin F-35Bs from the UK Royal Air Force and US Marine Corps have embarked aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for a major exercise.
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UK embarks first operational F-35Bs in HMS Queen Elizabeth work-up
Lockheed Martin F-35Bs from the Royal Air Force’s frontline 617 Sqn have performed the unit’s first landings aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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Martlet missile firings boost Royal Navy Wildcat defences
A UK Royal Navy and industry team has completed a test campaign of Thales UK Martlet missile firings from the service’s Leonardo Helicopters Wildcat HMA2 maritime rotorcraft.
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UK Royal Navy sets course for Carrier Strike Group 21 test
Moored nose-to-tail in Portsmouth harbour for the first time earlier this year, the UK’s two largest ever warships made an imposing presence, despite the absence of the Lockheed Martin F-35Bs which will in time deliver the Royal Navy vessels’ firepower during operations around the globe.
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Helicopter-launched MBDA Sea Venom anti-ship missile hits target during test
The missile was launched from an Airbus Dauphin helicopter close to the minimum release height, reaching its cruise phase whilst sea skimming at very low height.
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Weapon wing integration keeps Wildcat on target for carrier protection role
The UK Royal Navy’s Wildcat HMA2 rotorcraft will be ready to defend the service’s largest-ever warships from next year, with the integration of key new armaments proceeding on schedule, Leonardo Helicopters says.
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UK F-35s make debut on new aircraft carrier
UK-owned Lockheed Martin F-35Bs have landed on the deck of the Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for the first time, just over a year before the combination will be declared operationally ready.
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UK prepares to test combined strike with Royal Navy and RAF
The Royal Navy (RN), Royal Air Force (RAF) and UK industry are approaching a crucial demonstration of the country's formative carrier strike capability, with the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth at the heart of the activity.
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ANALYSIS: UK on a roll after F-35B carrier trials
After more than a decade of study, experimentation, modelling and simulation, the UK has successfully completed first trials of a shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) manoeuvre for the Lockheed Martin F-35B on board the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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PICTURES: UK trials unique carrier landing technique with F-35B
The UK has for the first time tested an experimental shipborne rolling vertical landing (SRVL) technique at sea using a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning.
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PICTURES: F-35Bs make debut appearance aboard UK aircraft carrier
Preparations to restore the UK Royal Navy's lapsed carrier strike capability took a major step forward on 25 September, with the arrival of two Lockheed Martin F-35Bs for embarked testing aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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UK prepares for F-35B carrier trials
The UK has taken delivery of its latest example of the Lockheed Martin F-35B, as an integrated test force (ITF) prepares to evaluate the short take-off and vertical landing type from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier for the first time.
