A £250M contract to modernise the Royal Navy’s warship and submarine communications has been awarded to Thales UK, securing over 100 high-skilled jobs across Portsmouth, Plymouth, Crawley, Reading, and Bristol. This 10-year Maritime Communications Capability Support (MCCS) contract, awarded by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), represents the largest-ever investment in naval communications ...
Babcock is creating more than 100 jobs at its newly-opened Submarine Availability Support Hub (SASH) in Bristol, as the company further invests in supporting the development of nuclear skills and defence infrastructure in the South West of England. The bespoke facility brings together partners and experts from across the Defence Nuclear ...
More than 200 UK jobs will be sustained through a new £285M contract awarded to BAE Systems to enhance the Royal Navy’s combat management systems (CMS), ensuring vessels are equipped with cutting-edge technology to track, analyse, and respond to threats in real time. This contract will modernise critical systems across a ...
SEA’s triple trainable Torpedo Launcher System (TLS) has been selected for a multi-million pound frigate programme in Latin America. The contract further cements SEA’s weapon-agnostic launcher capability as the leading choice for the UK Royal Navy and other leading international navies in regions including North America and South-East Asia. In service ...
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