An artist's impression of BAE's Cutlass design, which is based on the Al-Shamikh corvette the firm built for the Royal Navy of Oman. (Courtesy of BAE Systems) LONDON ― Britain is preparing to launch a ...

The UK has selected the design for the Royal Navy's next class of frigates. Today, at London International Shipping Week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the Arrowhead 140 design from the ...

Britain’s naval strategy hit a turning point with the Type 31 program, ending decades of slow, over-budget warship builds. For the first time, the Royal Navy achieved a ship-per-year delivery pace and ...

Officials at the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) appear to have stated that the delivery of the new Type 31 frigates under construction for the Royal Navy could slip further to the right. Currently ...

A major shipbuilding program for the Royal Navy is now underway, with the first steel being cut for HMS Venturer, the lead ship of the Type 31 Inspiration class frigates. During a ceremony inside a ...

What You Need to Know: The Royal Navy’s new shipbuilding strategy aims to regain maritime prominence with the construction of five Type 31 frigates. These Inspiration-class vessels are designed as ...

The five Type 31 frigates will be a crucial element for the Royal Navy’s future surface combatant capability. Credit: Babcock The integration the Mk 41 vertical launch systems (VLS) into the UK’s ...

Babcock submitted the winning design for the Type 31 – formerly called the Type 31e, with e standing for export – which UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said will be: “Fast, agile and versatile ...

HMS Venturer seen under construction in Rosyth in July 2023. (Crown Copyright) Babcock will delay the launch of the UK Royal Navy's first Type 31 Inspiration-class ...

The UK Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates are being equipped with the TACTICOS Baseline 2 combat management system. (NAVYPIX/Richard Scott) The first Type 31 integrated combat system is on course to ...