The UK is deploying Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dragon, and drone-busting Wildcat helicopters to the Eastern Mediterranean to boost British defences in the region. UK MoD
Work is now underway to add a new vertical launch silo to the first Royal Navy Type 45 air defence destroyer to receive the MBDA CAMM.
UK Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond shot down a missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis from Yemen.
The UK Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond repelled yet another drone attack in the Red Sea, the UK MoD announced on Sunday.
MBDA has received three contracts worth around £400 million to boost and sustain the Sea Viper principal area air defence system of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers.
The Royal Navy announced that the Type 45-class destroyer HMS Dauntless (D-33) has returned to Portsmouth after the completion of her engine tests within the scope of the PIP upgrade.
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence announced that the Royal Navy Daring-class (Type 45) destroyers will receive a ballistic missile defence (BMD) upgrade.
HMS Duncan is back at sea after a major overhaul that primes the Type 45 destroyer for the next five years at the sharp end of naval operations.
Royal Navy Type 45 air defence destroyers are to be equipped with the MBDA Common Anti-air Missile (CAMM) as part of an evolution of the ships’ Sea Viper anti-air guided weapon system.
MBDA has been awarded a number of contracts to significantly upgrade the air and missile defence capabilities of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 destroyers.
