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Investment for HMNB Clyde and community

Maritime February 28, 2017

The MOD has announced millions of pounds worth of investment in facilities at HMNB Clyde, which will bring economic and community prosperity to the region. An agreement has been signed between the UK Government, Royal Navy and Argyll and Bute Community Planning Partnership which will bring jobs, transport, leisure and business ...

New submarine training school for HMNB Clyde

Maritime February 2, 2017

Earlier this week, HM Treasury approved the construction of a new submarine school, based at HMNB Clyde. The school will provide academic and technical training for those entering Royal Navy submarine service, providing an important step in submariners’ careers. The £4M school is being constructed as part of a £1.3BN investment plan ...

Babcock awarded submarine escape training contract

Maritime November 4, 2016

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 awarded CMC contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat

Maritime October 26, 2016

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 ...