Northeast-based UK Docks Marine Services has won one of two new support contracts, for the Royal Navy’s versatile Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The eight-year contract worth around £250M will support the second batch of OPVs – HMS Forth, HMS Medway, HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey. The contract creates more than ...
Some £1.5M of funding has been made available for innovations that can tackle UK Defence and Security challenges in space. Launched by DASA and Dstl, Space to Innovate – Charlie Drop is the third ‘challenge drop’ and seeks innovations to develop future space science and technologies. Charlie Drop follows on from the ...
Defence and training support company, MASS, has been awarded an extension on the Joint Command And Staff Training (JCAST) contract for UK Strategic Command for a further one year, until July 2025. The contract extension, worth over £5M, will be the fifth consecutive year MASS has delivered the JCAST contract. Through the ...
SEA has secured a five-year contract with the MOD which will see them provide in-service support to the Combat System Highway (CSH) on Royal Navy ships. The contract includes a wide range of in-service support for Royal Navy surface ships and shore-based facilities, including performance monitoring, ongoing technical refresh, and obsolescence ...
January 10, 2025
Maritime - Navantia secures future of Harland & Wolff Shipyards
1,000 jobs saved across Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Devon as Navantia UK agrees to acquire Harland & Wolff’s four shipyards. In
January 9, 2025
Maritime - Trial sees Royal Navy high tech autonomous mine hunting capability move a step closer
World-leading advanced autonomous mine hunting capabilities for the Royal Navy have moved a step closer after a prototype uncrewed boat
