ICYMI (and let’s be honest, most of us have missed Blue Peter for several decades now)...

#OnThisDay 1963 the Hawker P1127, forerunner of the Harrier, made the first touch and go by VTOL (Vertical Take Off & Landing) ever in the world on a Carrier on HMS ARK ROYAL off Portland, UK Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Prince of Wales RNAS Culdrose RNAS Yeovilton

First of many! #oneclassofship #teamwork

Hurtling home from NATO ,across what were the blood soaked Battlefields of the First World War,I fear that we take for granted the unbroken peace in which we have lived,and have become forgetful of our History and casual, even reckless with our Democracy#neverforget

Proud to take over as Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm today. BZ to RNAS Yeovilton for hosting and to all the award recipients. And some excellent drill thrown in for good measure too!

Chief of the Indian Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba visited HMNB Portsmouth today and was given a tour of HMS Queen Elizabeth by Former First Sea Lord 2016-2019. The Royal Navy and SpokespersonNavy have formed the Carrier Capability Partnership to share best practice from the UK's carrier programme.

To team Portsmouth for their tremendous work over the past 3 months, Forth Pilots for their utter professionalism bringing us into Dry Dock today, and my outstanding Ship’s Company for their enduring commitment, thank you. Another milestone on the road to Carrier Strike.

👏👏👏👏💪🌊⚓️ BZ

Maritime situational awareness is critical to territorial integrity and prosperity, with no persistent surveillance - exposed and losing money. SiriusInsight has developed and proposes a low-cost option to resolve this. bit.ly/2XWGDx0 #Boderforce #MCA #Homeoffice

This is significant. Another highly complex layer of risk being applied to vessel operations.

An evidence-based approach focussing on how much the previous yacht made for UK PLC would have been a better launch point for v23 of this campaign than ‘morale’ I would have thought. bit.ly/3diP3Dz

Thanks to Innovate UK for including us in this fascinating report: How innovation is extending the reach of geospatial intelligence             innovateuk.blog.gov.uk/2020/07/30/how…

Migrants are the immediate here and now issue, but ‘persistent’ wide area surveillance is required for this and the plethora of other threats - drugs, trafficking, illegal fishing, etc. With persistence we generate situational awareness to cue ships and aircraft to intercept.

📺 With 14 jets on her deck, HMS Queen Elizabeth now has the largest air group of fifth generation fighters at sea anywhere in the world. 🔗 Find out more: ow.ly/CI9450Bz1tr

Lucy Fisher I’d be interested to know how the percentage of Royal Navy personnel who will definitely be deployed for Christmas this year (and every year) compares to this figure. I get the pre-IR messaging here but not sure I like it.

Huge implications for marine insurance; what if one was able to predict the likelihood of occurrence! rivieramm.com/news-content-h…

I’m sorry to have been relieved of my responsibilities in Government tonight.

Exactly 100 years to the day after #HMSVictory entered dry dock, I sat in Nelson’s Great Cabin and took over as Royal Navy Second Sea Lord. My personal thanks and best wishes to my predecessor Sir Nick Hine. Now time for me to get to work!

Wow. Italy’s new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sums it up perfectly. No wonder the elites and establishment don’t want her to succeed.