UKs £1billion HMS Dragon destroyer has been damaged in a blaze caused by a spark inside its machinery area while it was in the Portsmouth Naval base. The crew rushed immediately to extinguish the fire before it swept through the Type 45 destroyer,
BAE Systems Artisan 3D radar system has completed three years of sea-based trials on the Royal Navys Type 23 frigates. Artisan 3D has also been fitted on the new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth which is due into Portsmouth later this year, the company said in a statement Wednesday
BAE Systems has signed a contract extension to provide the Royal Navy with combat systems integration services. The contract is signed to provide services for in-service and future platforms, including Type 45 destroyers, the new Queen Elizabeth (QE) Class aircraft carriers, and the Type 26 Global Combat Ships
BAE Systems is setting up a new center to facilitate new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers at Portsmouth Naval Base. The centre which is nearing completing will house employees of Team Portsmouth, a partnership between the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems, with engineers, logisticians and waterfront staff working alongside each other to plan and deliver the maintenance for these ships, the company said in a statement Tuesday
BAE Systems has been awarded a £15.5 million contract by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers in support of the US Navy's minesweeping operation
General Dynamics has won contract worth $74 million from the US Navy to work on fire control systems onboard the US and UK Royal Navy's (RN) nuclear ballistic-missile submarines (SSBN), as well as on the US guided-missile nuclear-powered submarine (SSGN) attack weapon control system. “General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $74,013,910 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00002) to a previously awarded contract (N00030-16-C-0005) for new procurement efforts for sustainment of the U
BAE has won a £13.5m contract to supply 60 new Pacific 24 Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) to the UK navy
The UK MoD has successfully completed a first in-water trial of a next-generation Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo prototype at the British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre on the west coast of Scotland. The trial is part of a five year program to develop an upgrade to the Spearfish Mod-0 Heavyweight Torpedo, which is currently in service with the UK Royal Navy on the Trafalgar, Vanguard and Astute Class submarines, also designed and built by BAE Systems
The Royal Navy has taken its first Wildcat maritime attack helicopter to the seas onboard HMS Lancaster, Western Gazette reported on Saturday. The Type 23 frigate sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday, March 21 for a routine nine-month Atlantic patrol tasking
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a 12 month £1.5 million contract to design the engineering support solution for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers