Royal Navy’s Jones on Road to HMS Queen Elizabeth-Led Carrier Strike Group, Future Maritime Combat

Royal Navy 

BY JENNIFER-LEIGH OPRIHORY FIA 2018, VIDEOS

Adm. Sir Philip Jones, RN, First Sea Lord and chief of naval staff of the Royal Navy, says the service is planning “a full carrier-strike operational work-up in UK waters in 2020” that will include “a full air wing” in preparation for its deployment of an HMS Queen Elizabeth-led carrier strike group in 2021, and discusses the future of maritime combat, US-UK naval collaboration, the Elizabeth’s upcoming US deployment and much more in a wide-ranging, July 2018 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2018 Farnborough International Airshow outside London. Our coverage was sponsored by Farnborough International and Leonardo DRS.

Source: defaeroreport.com

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