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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 ...

Dreadnought’s largest submarine section yet completed

Maritime October 24, 2023

The longest ‘mega unit’ so far for Dreadnought Boat 1 has been moved into BAE Systems Submarines Devonshire Dock Hall. This section of the first of the Submarine Service’s next-generation strategic deterrent boats is the largest segment or ‘mega unit’ of Dreadnought yet completed. It’s also the longest section of a submarine ...

Glasgow firm wins £169M Dreadnought contract

Maritime July 26, 2023

Thales Glasgow has been awarded a contract to provide periscopes to the next-generation of Dreadnought submarines. Thales has been providing the Silent Service with their ‘eyes’ since World War 1, this new contract will see Thales Glasgow deliver state-of-the-art ‘optronic masts’ – 21st Century successors to the iconic periscope – for ...

Contracts worth more than £2 billion to boost UK submarine programme

Maritime May 10, 2022

Defence contracts worth more than £2 billion have been awarded to BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to begin the third major phase of the future submarine nuclear deterrent programme – Dreadnought. With the overall programme supporting around 30,000 jobs across the UK, from design through to build, Delivery Phase 3 (DP3) represents ...