A Royal Navy Merlin helicopter of 814 NAS has carried out night-time gunnery training from HMS St Albans, with crews practising live weapons drills under low-light conditions as part of ongoing ...

Modern air defence is built on integration. Instead of relying on a single platform, today’s forces connect sensors, aircraft ...

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a £40m ($54m) contract to Ultra Maritime for the supply of sonobuoys to equip the Royal Navy’s Merlin Maritime Patrol Helicopter. Ultra Maritime stated ...

LONDON—The UK Royal Navy has begun exploring ideas for a future crewed platform that would replace its Leonardo Merlin and Wildcat helicopters on the decks of its warships. The Future Crewed Maritime ...

The UK has dispatched four more Typhoon FGR4s, two Wildcat HMA2s, and a Merlin HM2 ASaC towards the Middle East to strengthen defences as U.S. strategic bombers begin to use UK bases for operations ...

Al Woodward said the situation was "about maintaining the safety of UK nationals, UK interests, bases and allies in the region" The commander of a Royal Navy aid squadron based in Cornwall said an ...

The Royal Navy said the Merlin Mk2 helicopter left Cornwall on Saturday A helicopter from Cornwall has been deployed to Cyprus to boost the defence of UK military forces in the eastern Mediterranean, ...