Babcock International have been awarded a five year contract extension by the Ministry of Defence to continue in-service support to the Royal Navy’s 4.5 Mk8 Medium Calibre Gun (MCG). The agreement is worth around £43m and will see the continuation of in-service support to the 4.5 MCG across 19 Type 23 ...
Official DPRTE 2021 event partner, BAE Systems, has revealed that it is now delivering deployed support to more of the Royal Navy’s OPVs than at any other time in its history. With the commissioning of HMS Spey, the final of five new OPVs, BAE Systems is now supporting eight OPVs in ...
The Royal Navy are developing a new Multi Role Ocean Surveillance ship (MROSS) to protect our nation against hostile actors and grow our understanding of maritime threats. The ship, which will come into service by 2024, will be a surface vessel, with a crew of around 15 people who will conduct ...
Royal Navy frigates led vessels from all three Baltic states in the first operation of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force. Frigates HMS Lancaster and Westminster, tanker RFA Tiderace and vessels from all three Baltic states – Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia – have joined forces for a concerted demonstration of Britain’s commitment ...