The U.K. Navy, a branch of the British Armed Forces, relies on space-based assets for maritime operations, global communications, and the welfare of its personnel. It utilizes satellite communication (SATCOM) systems like SKYNET for secure military communications and partners with companies like NSSLGlobal for crew welfare services, including providing onboard Wi-Fi. The Navy also contributes personnel to the U.K. Space Command, a joint command responsible for protecting U.K. interests in space and coordinating space operations.
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A Royal Navy warship and a Royal Air Force P-8 aircraft monitored the Russian submarines continuously with allied forces.
Kraken Robotics previously validated the same KATFISH and LARS hardware on a UK Royal Navy 11-meter ARCIMS unmanned surface vessel in November 2025.
Proteus is the United Kingdom’s first autonomous helicopter and was developed with the Royal Navy.
The ELLIDA® STRIKE has been developed to align with the Royal Navy’s future amphibious fleet recapitalisation.
BMT has unveiled ELLIDA® STRIKE, a conceptual design for a future multi-role strike ship for the UK Royal Navy.
GA-ASI and the Mojave demonstrator performed a STOL takeoff and return landing aboard the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Prince of Wales in November 2023.
The development of Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming is one of the Royal Navy’s aviation transformation initiatives.
The trial involved collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the Royal Navy, and the Air and Space Warfare Centre (ASWC).
UK Strategic Command will integrate the uncrewed systems approach of the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force.
The Amber™ Program will consist of Amber™ CubeSats in multiple orbital planes providing global Maritime Domain Awareness data to the UK Joint Maritime Security Centre led by the Royal Navy.
Horizon Space Technologies is the prime contractor for the UK Government’s Amber™ program, which will consist of Amber™ cubesats in multiple orbital planes to provide global Maritime Domain Awareness data to the National Maritime Information Centre led by the Royal Navy.
The UK Royal Navy awarded a 12-month contract extension to Airbus for the continued provision of satellite-based maritime surveillance services for the Joint Maritime Security Centre (JMSC).
The Type 31 frigate program is designed to deliver five flexible and affordable frigates to the Royal Navy that, alongside the BAE Systems-built Type 26 frigate, will replace the United Kingdom’s current Type 23 frigates.
Viasat UK Ltd. was awarded a contract to provide Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM) for the new Type 31 frigates being delivered by Babcock Team 31 for the Royal Navy.
On 2020-11-04, Viasat UK Ltd. was awarded a contract to provide Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications equipment for the Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates being delivered by Babcock Team 31.
NSSLGlobal has been providing communications technology for the Royal Navy since 1982 and delivers custom SATCOM and engineering solutions for Royal Navy platforms.