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BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness site has marked a major achievement in the UK’s submarine programme as the latest Royal Navy Astute-class submarine, HMS Agamemnon, successfully completed its first submersion. The 7,400-tonne, 97-metre-long nuclear-powered attack submarine underwent a successful ‘trim dive’ – a critical phase of testing to prove the vessel’s stability, buoyancy ...
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 ...
1,000 jobs saved across Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Devon as Navantia UK agrees to acquire Harland & Wolff’s four shipyards. In a landmark commercial deal, Navantia UK has agreed to purchase all four Harland & Wolff shipyards, securing the future of UK shipbuilding and safeguarding 1,000 skilled jobs across the nation. ...
World-leading advanced autonomous mine hunting capabilities for the Royal Navy have moved a step closer after a prototype uncrewed boat was successfully deployed and trialled for the first time. The Apollo Maritime Mine Counter Measure (MMCM) is a small boat-sized autonomous vessel which can be deployed from a larger ship to ...
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