In a deeply embarrassing incident for the British Royal Navy, the HMS Astute, a new $1.3 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine, ran aground off the coast of Scotland in 2010. -The state-of-the-art ...

What You Need to Know: The Royal Navy's Astute-class submarines are cutting-edge nuclear-powered attack subs known for their advanced stealth, endurance, and firepower. Equipped with Rolls-Royce ...

Stealth submarines can spend a very long time underwater nearly anywhere on Earth, and the U.K.'s Astute-Class subs can take it to the next level.

The Key Data Points: The Astute-class submarine is Britain’s cutting-edge replacement for the aging Trafalgar-class attack subs. Developed by BAE Systems and featuring world-class technology ...

The Astute-class submarine can carry up to 38 weapons fired through six 21-inch torpedo tubes. The weapons load-out could be Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes or Tomahawk Block IV missiles.

The new boats will eventually replace the current U.K.-built Astute-class in the Royal Navy and be the basis of Australia’s domestically built nuclear submarines.

Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) has arrived in Devonport, Plymouth, ahead of starting its Mid ...

Astute class submarine HMS Astute test firing a BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in the Gulf of Mexico in Aug. 2011. HMS Triumph had demonstrated the capability in combat just several ...

At 97 metres long and with a displacement of 7,800 tonnes, the nuclear-powered submarine is the fifth of seven in the Astute class. The Astute submarines are recognised as the most technologically ...

HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal Navy, has departed the company's shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and headed out to open ...

The Royal Navy has awarded a £15.4-million (US$18.9-million) contract to MSubs to build a cutting-edge robotic submarine, called Cetus, that will be the largest in Europe and will be capable of ...