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 ...
The Defence Secretary and Shipbuilding Tsar Ben Wallace has met representatives from some of Britain’s most successful maritime companies in the south west. The Defence Secretary and Shipbuilding Tsar Ben Wallace met with Pendennis Shipyard, A&P Falmouth and Harland & Wolff Appledore to discuss how closer working between government and British ...
The Government has launched a refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) to revitalise the UK’s world-renowned shipbuilding industry. During a visit to Cammell Laird Shipyard in Merseyside last week, the Prime Minister and Defence Secretary set out how the new strategy would level up regions across the UK by supporting high-quality jobs, technology ...
The Prime Minister has visited a Merseyside dockyard as he announced a £4 billion injection into the UK’s regional shipbuilding industry to create tens of thousands of high-quality jobs. The Government envisage the multi-billion pound investment will galvanise and support shipyards and suppliers across the UK, delivering a pipeline of more ...