Northeast-based UK Docks Marine Services has won one of two new support contracts, for the Royal Navy’s versatile Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs). The eight-year contract worth around £250M will support the second batch of OPVs – HMS Forth, HMS Medway, HMS Trent, HMS Tamar and HMS Spey. The contract creates more than ...
Germany and the UK will work together on the next phase of development for advanced armour-piercing tank ammunition for the Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank. The partnership agreement was signed by DE&S CEO Andy Start, in his role as UK National Armament Director, when he met his German counterpart, Vice Admiral ...
Steel has been cut on the second batch of Type 26 warships, following a £4.2Bn contract awarded to BAE Systems in November 2022. Minister for Defence Procurement, Alex Chalk KC, marked the occasion at the steel cutting ceremony, with HMS Birmingham becoming the fourth of eight anti-submarine warships being constructed for ...
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is partnering with the Home Office to develop data analysis technology that will help protect the UK’s border and simplify processes for traders and travellers. The three-year contract, worth £38 million, will enable Border Force and related agencies to manage, in real time, the vast amounts of ...