In August 2009 Ascent Flight Training – a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Babcock – signed its first MOD contract to provide the UK Military Flying Training System. Seven years on, MOD DCB features editor Julie Shennan caught up with Lockheed Martin Business Development Director, Tim James, to discuss ...
Babcock International Group has been awarded a contract extension by Ireland’s Department of Defence, to provide a new Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the Irish Naval Service (INS). This is the fourth OPV, in the same class, to be built at Babcock’s Appledore shipbuilding facility in North Devon. The project will provide continuity of work at the Appledore facility for around ...