Shipbuilding
Virtual Technology Changes Design of UK Navy Warships
BAE Systems’ Engineers are overhauling their approach to the design and build of Royal Navy warships by using cutting edge virtual reality technology. The Company has constructed a network of ‘visualisation suites’ at their sites in Glasgow, Portsmouth and Bristol, which create full scale 3D ship pr
HMS Prince of Wales Leaves A&P Tyne
Staff at A&P Tyne in Hebburn have been working for 18 months on a project to build components for the HMS Prince of Wales on behalf of BAE Systems – one of two new-generation carriers currently being built for the Royal Navy. More than 3,500 tonnes of parts for the carrier – to be used […]
Top News of the Week of Oct 20 – 26, 2014
USS Milius to Deploy to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans The guided missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) is scheduled to depart Oct. 20 on an independent deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. Sweden Still Investigating Missing Submarine The Swedish Naval Forces have spent the we
UK Navy Submarine Fleet Gets SEA’s External Communications System
SEA, a Cohort plc company, has been awarded an initial contract by BAE Systems to provide its innovative External Communications System (ECS) for the whole of the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet. The value of this new contract is approximately £23m, covering long lead procurement out to late 2016 and d
Upgrade Works Start on HMS Montrose
Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose has docked down at Devonport Royal Dockyard where Babcock is undertaking a 15 month refit programme including a number of upgrades and improvements. The workscope for the docking period has been developed by the industry-led Type 23 COM team, under the Surface Ship Suppo
VIDEO: Presenting the UK Navy’s OPVs Enhancements
Construction of the Royal UK Navy’s River Class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels is underway in Glasgow. Find out how the River Class OPVs have evolved into an enhanced design already in service with the Brazilian Navy and Royal Thai Navy with further modifications to meet the requirements of the Roy
HMS Ambush Concludes Maiden Mission
Just two days after her sister-ship, HMS Astute, arrived home from her inaugural operational deployment, the second of the Royal UK Navy’s new Astute Class submarines, HMS Ambush also returned to HMNB Clyde after a successful maiden mission. High-tech hunter-killer HMS Ambush left Faslane on July 4
Top News of the Week of Oct 06 – 12, 2014
HMS Queen Elizabeth Leaves Babcock Dock in Rosyth, UK HMS Queen Elizabeth was floated out of the Babcock dock in Rosyth (UK). Designed and built by BAE Systems and assembled by Babcock Marine, the HMS Queen Elizabeth is the biggest, and most powerful, surface warship ever to join the Royal Navy and
BAE Systems Starts Constructing Three OPVs for UK Navy
BAE Systems has announced via social media that the company started the construction of three vessels for the Royal UK Navy. The ships in question are Offshore Patrol Vessels which will be named HMS Forth, HMS Medway and HMS Trent. With a length of 90 metres, the OPVs will have a displacement of 2,0
HMS Ocean Uses Upgraded Combat Systems
HMS Ocean has become the first Royal UK Navy warship to be operationally deployed with new state of the art computing equipment, known as Shared Infrastructure, demonstrating a step-change in ship technology. Developed by engineers at BAE Systems in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD)
VIDEO: HMS Artful Goes Underwater for the First Time
This is the third of the Royal UK Navy’s new hunter-killer submarines disappearing beneath the water for the first time as HMS Artful conducted her maiden dive. The £1bn attack submarine was submerged during two-day trial in Barrow – which will determine how the boat performs underwater during a car
HMS Queen Elizabeth Leaves Babcock Dock in Rosyth, UK
HMS Queen Elizabeth was floated out of the Babcock dock in Rosyth (UK). Designed and built by BAE Systems and assembled by Babcock Marine, the HMS Queen Elizabeth is the biggest, and most powerful, surface warship ever to join the Royal Navy and capable of carrying up to forty aircraft. The aircraft
UK Naval Investment Sustains Thousands of Jobs
UK MOD has awarded £3.2 billion of contracts to support the management of the UK’s naval bases. The contracts will also cover the maintenance and repair of the Royal Navy’s warships and submarines, directly sustaining more than 7,500 jobs across the UK. Babcock, which manages Her Majesty’s Naval Bas
Top News of the Week of Sep 22 – 28, 2014
US and UK Order Tomahawk Missiles from Raytheon Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $251,1 million firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 231 Tomahawk Block IV All-Up-Round missiles for the U.S. Navy (147 vertical launch systems and 64 capsule launch systems) and the United K