Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has just made the announcement in Plymouth

All of the Royal Navy's next-generation Type 26 frigates will be homed in Devonport, the Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced. The eight Type 26 frigates will start being delivered to the Royal Navy from the mid-2020s heralding yet another new era in the role of a base, which has played a central role in the defence of the UK for hundreds of years - from the Napoleonic wars to the Falklands Conflict.

Defense contractors race to build self-driving submarines that can clear sea mines

Over the past two decades unmanned aerial drones have transformed how the U.S. Air Force wages war, allowing it to surveil hostile territory and neutralize enemy targets without putting the lives of pilots at risk. Next, the Navy is hoping it can employ its own unmanned vehicles to clear mines, scout unfamiliar territory or wage anti-submarine warfare.

Jury selection begins for homicide trial in Lake Erie death

Jury selection began in the homicide trial of a man accused of shooting his wife and tossing her into Lake Erie and then reporting she'd accidentally fallen overboard from his commercial fishing boat. The prosecution and defense began selecting jurors Monday from a pool of 150 people for the trial of 49-year-old Christopher Leclair, the Erie Times-News reported .

SF Fleet Week dazzles throngs by sea and sky

Don Valenzuela, of San Francisco, raises a bottle of beer as the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform during the San Francisco Fleet Week on Saturday. []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; []; _taboola.push ; _taboola.push ; Hundreds of people braved the snaking lines Saturday at Pier 35 on the Embarcadero for the chance to explore combat ships bobbing pier-side as part of San Francisco's annual Fleet Week, before the air show overhead diverted attention skyward and obliterated most normal-volume conversations.

Williams to attend Shawnee Island dedication

Twitter/Woody Williams Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, will be a special guest at the grand opening and dedication ceremony of the City of Logan's Shawnee Island project on Monday, Oct. 22. Twitter/Woody Williams Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams, a World War II Medal of Honor Recipient, will be a special ... (more)

Vallejo’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program survives

The Vallejo City Unified School District came "this close" to losing its 45-year-old Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program for lack of interest, but signed up the required number of students just under the wire. Until about two weeks ago, there were some 80 students enrolled in the Jesse Bethel High School program, which needs at least 100, officials said.

Utah man arrested in case of poisoned letters sent to White House; ricin ingredients found

Federal authorities arrested a Utah man Wednesday after suspicious envelopes were sent to President Trump and top military leaders, some of which contained the natural ingredients used to make the deadly poison ricin. A person holds seeds of the castor oil plant containing the deadly poison ricin, on June 14, 2018 in Berlin.

What’s in a Name Change? For Those Saying U.S.M.C.A., a Mouthful

President Trump has long wielded the word "Nafta" like an epithet, deriding the North American Free Trade Agreement as the worst trade deal in history. So when he renamed it the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement - or U.S.M.C.A. - this week, he may have short-circuited attempts to criticize the new deal.