Babcock has cut steel on HMS Formidable, the third of five Inspiration Class frigates the company is building for the Royal Navy at the Rosyth facility in Scotland, marking the official start of the ship’s build programme. Coming only 20 months after the steel cut ceremony for the second ship, HMS Active, ...
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction for a new medical and dental centre at Leuchars Station in Fife. The construction contract, worth nearly £22M, was awarded by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to Graham last year. The new building will replace the aging current medical and dental ...
The UK is to collaborate with Canada on the Redwing microsatellite Space Domain Awareness (SDA) mission scheduled to launch in 2027. Redwing will track objects in congested orbits with improved sensors, and provide near real-time tasking in response to evolving space events. Redwing, which is the size of a small washing machine, ...
The Naval AI Cell (NAIC) is helping the Royal Navy (RN) embrace the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and the benefits it can bring, and an initial phase highlighted six priority challenge areas/capabilities that could confirm the value and impact of an aligned transformative roadmap. The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) ...
November 22, 2024
Maritime - Babcock awards milestone recycling contract in UK’s Submarine Dismantling Project
Babcock International Group (Babcock), working with the Defence Nuclear Enterprise (DNE), has reached the next significant milestone to fully dismantle
October 10, 2024
Land - Babcock and ST Engineering launch UK-manufactured Mortar to strengthen UK defence capabilities
Babcock International Group (Babcock), the defence company, in partnership with ST Engineering, a technology, defence and engineering Group has unveiled
