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Jackal 3 boost for British Army

Land February 8, 2024

Babcock International Group and Supacat have officially launched production of 70 High Mobility Transporter (HMT) Jackal 3s for the British Army. 62 of the transporters will be built at a specially developed manufacturing facility at Babcock’s Devonport, with the remaining eight to be built at Supacat’s manufacturing facilities in Dunkeswell. Production ...

Babcock to supply South Korean Navy with submarine weapons system

Maritime February 6, 2024

Babcock International (Babcock), the defence company, has been awarded a contract for additional work on the South Korean Navy’s submarine programme. The seven-year contract, awarded by Hanwha Ocean, is to manufacture and install the weapons handling launch system (WHLS) on Boat 6 of the Jangbogo-III class boat. Boat 6, namely ‘Jangbogo-III Batch-II ...

ARCHER Artillery Alliance announces its approach for the UK’s Mobile Fires Platform and to revitalise critical UK artillery capabilities

Land December 14, 2023

BAE Systems, Babcock and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) are joining forces to offer the ARCHER wheeled mobile artillery system to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) as the replacement for the legacy AS90. The ARCHER Artillery Alliance will offer the proven, advanced technology system, which presents the lowest risk solution for the Mobile ...

Babcock increases support on UK’s Dreadnought programme

Maritime November 30, 2023

Babcock has been awarded two further contracts for work on the UK’s new Dreadnought Class submarine worth a combined £121 million. This includes a 4.5-year £66 million contract with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide input into the development of the support solution for the UK’s new Dreadnought Class submarines. The ...