BAE Systems recently recognized last year’s top suppliers to its U.S. maritime business during a Partner2Win supplier symposium in Jacksonville, Fla, at which the company recognized 87 suppliers that supported maintenance, modernization, and refit projects aboard U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels.
BAE Systems’ Partner2Win program is a collaborative partnership between the company’s three shipyards in Jacksonville, Norfolk, Va, and San Diego, Calif., and a vast network of naval and...
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat for deck module fabrication in support of U.S. Navy submarine programs. The contract between the companies will cover the production and shipment of structural steel components for both Columbia- and Virginia-class submarines from the BAE Jacksonville, Fla., shipyard.
BAE Systems currently provides support to the U.S. Navy submarine industrial base through various business operations, particularly the company’s Louisville,...
Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, South Australia, has cut the first steel to be used in the construction of the first Hunter-class frigate ordered by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The piece of steel cut will form part of the under structure support for the port side propeller shaft brake...
Australia’s Hunter Class frigate program, which local media invariably describe as “the troubled Hunter Class frigate program,” looks to be back on some sort of track.
BAE Systems chosen for $26 billion Australian frigate program
BAE Systems was first contracted to build nine Hunter frigates in 2018, but after the project was delayed due to cost blowouts and design issues, the number of vessels was dropped to six earlier this year. Now the Commonwealth of Australia has awarded BAE Systems...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/first-steel-cut-for-australias-hunter-class-frigates/
BAE Systems recently honored the best suppliers and subcontractors to its ship repair business for 2023 during a Partner2Win Supplier ceremony in San Diego. The company saluted 125 suppliers that successfully supported maintenance, modernization, and refit projects aboard U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels.
“In a challenging year marked by uneven demand schedules for our shipyards, our operations were greatly aided by our superb team of subcontractors and vendors,” said Paul Smith, vice...
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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...
In what is scarcely a surprising move, the Australian Government has selected BAE Systems and ASC Pty Ltd to build Australia’s new fleet of SSN-AUKUS nuclear powered attack submarines. In the latest significant development in the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, the news was announced yesterday by Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles, and U.K. Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps,
Our relationship with is one that has stood...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/bae-and-asc-pty-ltd-selected-to-build-ssn-aukus-submarines/
Two new hybrid ferries being built by Derecktor Shipyards New York for Chatham Area Transit (CAT) of Savannah, Ga., will feature Marine Jet Power (MJP) waterjets as part of their sophisticated power and propulsion package.
The two 65-foot long ferries will feature dual MJP Ultrajet 305 waterjets and permanent magnet traction motors from BAE Systems for their electric propulsion, with BAE’s innovative HybriGen power system allowing for the elimination of large diesel propulsion motors, reducing...
https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/derecktor-picks-mjp-waterjets-for-new-hybrid-ferry-duo/
The BBC reports that a UK defence shipbuilder has launched an investigation into a possible incident of sabotage targeting a future Royal Navy vessel while it is still un ..
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