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The latest Astute class submarine to be built by BAE Systems, HMS Anson, has been officially commissioned into the Royal Navy during a ceremony at BAE Systems’ site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. At 97 metres long and with a displacement of 7,800 tonnes, the nuclear-powered submarine is the fifth of seven in ...
JFD has been awarded a contract, in excess of £20million, by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to be the provider of a novel capability support contract for the Astute class submarine. The four-year contract, which has a one-year extension option, was awarded through competitive tender and commenced 1 June 2021. ...
HMS Audacious, the fourth of seven Astute-class attack submarines being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy, set sail from the Company’s Barrow-in-Furness site earlier this week. New ways of working and amended protocols have been introduced at the site, in line with Government guidelines, to enable a small team ...
A firm of Glaswegian engineers has celebrated a century as the sole supplier of periscope and optronics masts to Royal Navy submarines. Govan-based Thales delivered its first submarine periscope – the FY1 – to the submarine M3 in 1917. Ever since, each class of Royal Navy submarine has been fitted with ...
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