Anson, the Royal Navy’s latest Astute Class attack submarine, has officially been named in a virtual ceremony at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard. Astute Class submarines are the largest, most advanced and most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy, and Anson is the fifth to be officially named. The last ...
A vast building hall for the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates has been welcomed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as a major milestone in building the next-generation frigates. The Type 31 frigates, which are being built by Babcock in Roysth, will be at the centre of the Royal Navy’s surface fleet, ...
Babcock has awarded a £31.5 million contract to Robertson Construction for the development of a new Assembly Hall at its Rosyth site. The construction project will support circa 100 positions locally in Scotland and a further 100 positions nationally throughout the supply chain. At a small Covid-19 safe ceremony marking the beginning ...
Writing for Defence Online, Professor John Louth, non-executive director at Subsea Craft Ltd, highlights the need for advanced technology that has the ability to penetrate anti-access bubbles and, where necessary, burst them. For a decade, up until last year, I was employed as a research director within the Royal United Services ...
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