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Rolls-Royce Submarines opens Nuclear Skills Academy

Maritime October 4, 2022

Rolls-Royce Submarines Ltd has opened the doors of its new Nuclear Skills Academy in Derby to 200 new apprentices for what marks the start of their nuclear careers. The Nuclear Skills Academy is the first of its kind and aims to sustain nuclear capability within the UK’s submarines programme by creating ...

Rolls Royce Services Limited to supply MTU engines for Boxer

Land August 4, 2022

WFEL and Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) have each selected Rolls Royce Solutions UK to supply their MTU engine for the British Army’s new Boxer Armoured vehicles. The MTU 8v 199 TS21 engines are proven in military applications. With a power output of 600kw, the engines allow for enhanced operational mobility ...

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 ...

Safety tech startup Tended receives £2.4m funding boost to accelerate growth

Homeland November 12, 2021

Safety technology startup, Tended, has secured £2.4 million in investment to further propel its growth, bringing the company’s total funding to £4.4 million. The funding was led by existing investor Blackfinch Ventures, with participation from early-stage European venture capital firm Basinghall Partners, UKRI, and a number of industry-specific angel investors. Founded in ...