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SSCL wins major Naval Officer assessment contract

Maritime December 9, 2022

Shared Services Connected Ltd (SSCL) has been awarded the Royal Navy’s Admiralty Interview Board contract to assess potential officer candidates for the next three years. Beginning on 28 November 2022, the three-year contract will see SSCL deploy innovative digital technology to accelerate recruitment decision-making and optimise candidate experience for thousands of ...

1,200 UK jobs created as naval shipbuilding returns to Belfast

Maritime November 21, 2022

The Ministry of Defence has selected a preferred bidder to build support ships for the Royal Navy, with a contract that will create 1,200 UK shipyard jobs, hundreds of graduate and apprentice opportunities, and an expected 800 further jobs across the UK supply chain. British-led Team Resolute, comprising BMT, Harland & ...

British shipyard awarded £4.2 billion to build Royal Navy ships

Maritime November 18, 2022

A British shipyard has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the second batch of Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. Delivering on ambitions laid out in the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh earlier this year, the contract awarded to BAE Systems will support 1,700 British jobs over the next ...

Royal Navy infrastructure protection ship accelerated

Maritime November 10, 2022

The purchase of specialist ships to protect the UK’s critical national infrastructure has been brought forward, the Defence Secretary has announced, as he confirms the National Flagship programme has been suspended in order to deliver this. The two Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance (MROS) ships will be operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ...