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Babcock appoints David Lockwood as new Chief Executive

Maritime July 2, 2020

Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock) has announced the appointment of David Lockwood as CEO, succeeding Archie Bethel, who earlier this year announced his intention to retire. David will join the Company and the Board on 17 August 2020 as CEO designate and will become CEO on 14 September 2020, at which ...

iMAST Alliance – Transforming Royal Navy Training, for Royal Navy people

Maritime June 17, 2020

An industry and academic alliance is gearing up to make the world’s most renowned naval training, even better. The iMAST Alliance, a collaboration of three leading UK Maritime defence companies Babcock, QinetiQ and Thales together with technology partners Centerprise International, Learning Technologies Group and academic Institutions, University of Portsmouth and University ...

Babcock secures missile tube contract extension by Electric Boat

Maritime June 4, 2020

Babcock has been awarded a multimillion pound contract extension to manufacture a further 18 tactical Missile Tube Assemblies (MTAs) for General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB). It is part of the Common Missile Compartment (CMC) project for the UK Dreadnought class and US Columbia class submarine programmes, and will support more than 200 Advanced ...

Babcock Type 31 frigates’ fire contract awarded to Johnson Controls

Maritime May 6, 2020

Johnson Controls has been awarded a contract by Babcock Team 31, working on the construction of five new Type 31 frigates. Babcock will be provisioning Johnson Controls for the design, supply, certification and commissioning support of the Fire Protection and Detection Systems for the new vessels. The contract for the five ships ...