Babcock International Group, the defence company, has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group, allowing the company to take end-to-end responsibility for vessel upkeep and regeneration in preparation for handover to the ship’s crew. This innovative change follows more than five years of close ...
Leading UK Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) specialist SEA will demonstrate a software application to enhance the UK Royal Navy’s sonar systems as part of the MoD Spearhead defence innovation programme. The system, which is likely to be trialed later in 2024, automatically determines the optimum deployment depth of an active sonar projector ...
Turner & Townsend has been appointed by global security and aerospace company, BAE Systems, as the New Engineering Contract (NEC) Project Manager to support the delivery of Ship Build Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. With the construction of the facility already underway and practical completion expected in Spring 2025, the new Ship ...
One of the UK’s ballistic missile submarines – HMS VICTORIOUS – will be modernised under a new £560M contract following an agreement with Babcock. The contract will support more than 1,000 jobs in Plymouth and the surrounding south-west region. Maintenance work will see the modernisation and upgrade of the submarine. As one ...