Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC)

On-board HMS Queen Elizabeth – The story behind the tower of Air Power

09 Jul 2021

One of the most enduring images of Carrier Strike Group 21 as the deployment sails across the globe is the iconic sight of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s unique twin island design…

Italy welcomes the Carrier Strike Group

22 Jun 2021

The first official port of call for the Carrier Strike Group on its six-month, 26,000 nautical mile deployment was Augusta in Sicily, Italy

The people behind the power – meet Jim Bennett, QEC programme director at Thales

15 Jun 2021

HMS Queen Elizabeth is undoubtedly a formidable proposition. But imagine the forbidding challenge laid down to a Thales-led team at the start of the ship build to deliver and integrate the vast and complex power and propulsion systems without interrupting the build of the carrier…

What’s it like being part of CSG: We spoke to Andy Hodge to find out

07 Jun 2021

The HMS Queen Elizabeth – the jewel in the UK’s Carrier Strike Group – has now deployed. But just before it set sail from Portsmouth, we caught up with Thales Field Service Representative, Andy Hodge, who specialises in the Crowsnest AW Radar…

Thales provides communications upgrade to HMS Queen Elizabeth

28 May 2021

Thales in the UK has completed an extensive naval communications upgrade on board HMS Queen Elizabeth that will enable the Royal Navy to establish an additional command operations centre on board to direct wider task group operations…

HMS Queen Elizabeth and me: a 20-year relationship

25 May 2021

To celebrate the deployment of HMS Queen Elizabeth – the jewel in the UK’s Carrier Strike Group – we spoke with Graham Thomson, Type 31 Programme Director at Thales UK…

HMS Prince of Wales sets sail on landmark sea trials

23 Sep 2019

Thales has welcomed the news that the UK’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has sailed from Rosyth Dockyard for the first time for sea trials…

British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth begins 50 years of service

07 Dec 2017

In 2007, the British government ordered two new aircraft carriers. 10 years later the first of these, HMS Queen Elizabeth, entered service.

Welcome to the carrier’s tower of air power

06 Dec 2017

Imagine the glass of a flying control tower so strong that it could withstand a strike equivalent to a direct hit from the blade tip of a Chinook helicopter...

New MOD support model places Thales at heart of Royal Navy communications

04 Oct 2017

Thales UK has welcomed the news of the MOD’s new £1billion support model for the Royal Navy which will bring one approach to keeping the Fleet ready for operations.