The UK Royal Navy formally named its sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine in a ceremony on Tuesday, April 23. The future HMS Agamemnon is under construction at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness facilities. It is the sixth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name. Once completed, the submarine will...
The Australian government has selected UK defence firm BAE Systems and South Australia-based shipbuilder ASC for the construction of Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the UK, and Australia. Under the AUKUS...
The pathway to Australia acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, under Pillar 1 of the AUKUS partnership, assigns a prominent role to the UK, as the designer and co-builder ..
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Australia’s nuclear-powered, conventionally armed submarines (SSNs) will be of a new British design, but their reactors, combat systems and heavyweight torpedoes will a ..
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India commissions its first locally-built aircraft carrier as Britain welcomes its newest submarine into service. Deliveries include two patrol vessels for the Philippine ..
The Royal Navy decommissioned two of its remaining Trafalgar-class submarines in a ceremony at Devonport Naval Base on Friday, May 20. HMS Trenchant‘s operational c ..
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UK defence and security company the Babcock International Group has started a series of major infrastructure projects at Devonport in Plymouth. Over the next 10 years, Ba ..
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In case you’ve just arrived from Mars, the Australian government has announced it will acquire, with the assistance of the United States and United Kingdom, a fleet of ..
The Royal Navy commissioned its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine into service in a ceremony on Thursday, September 23. HMS Audacious is the fourth submarine in the ..
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems an £85 million (US$116.4 million) contract to support early design and concept work on the Royal Navy’s ne ..