Babcock, the UK-based engineering support services company, has been awarded a five-year contract, with the option to extend a further five years, to deliver submarine escape, rescue, abandonment and survival training (SMERAS) to the Royal Navy from a purpose-built facility at HMNB Clyde on the west coast of Scotland. The contract ...
Licence signed allowing for use of advanced marine autonomy software. The Ministry of Defence has signed a licence agreement with ASV Global allowing for the use of its Advanced Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Capability technology. The contract has been signed through Ploughshare Innovations, the technology transfer arm of the Defence Science and ...
Babcock International Group has announced that it has been awarded a competitive contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat to manufacture 22 tactical missile tube assemblies as part of the common missile compartment (CMC) project for the UK Successor and US Ohio Class replacement submarine programmes. The work is part of the ...
The US Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced warship, USS Zumwalt, has been commissioned into active service at North Locust Point in Baltimore. Zumwalt, which took four years to build, features a state-of-the-art electric propulsion system, wave-piercing tumblehome hull, stealth design, and the latest warfighting technology and weaponry available. The destroyer ...