Following a six-month revamp programme, work on overhauling HMS Shoreham was completed just before Christmas. The overhaul of the ship was carried out by Babcock, following more than three years stationed in the Gulf, where the minehunter has been working hard supporting the troops stationed there. Every five years, the Sandown class ...
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 ...
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 ...
In August 2009 Ascent Flight Training – a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Babcock – signed its first MOD contract to provide the UK Military Flying Training System. Seven years on, MOD DCB features editor Julie Shennan caught up with Lockheed Martin Business Development Director, Tim James, to discuss ...