UK MoD Formally Awards Type 31 Frigate Contract to Babcock
The UK Ministry of Defence today formally awarded Babcock International Group PLC the contract for the Royal Navy's future Type 31e Frigates.
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First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin talks about the Royal Navy’s new frigates
In GlobalData’s exclusive interview with the head of the UK Royal Navy, First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin, talks about keeping the door open for more Type 31 frigates.
Video: Day 3 at DSEI 2019
Day 3 at DSEI 2019, the defense exhibition held in London, UK. Our day 3 naval news coverage at the show includes:
Babcock Team 31 selected as preferred bidder for UK Type 31 frigate programme
Babcock Team 31 has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) as the preferred bidder to deliver its new warships. Led by Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company, and in partnership with the Thales Group, the T31 general purpose frigate programme will provide the UK Government with a fleet of five ships, at an average production cost of £250 million per ship.
Thales Opens TACTICOS CMS Center of Excellence in the UK in Support of Type 31 Bid
Thales announced it is opening a UK centre of excellence to develop its globally proven TACTICOS naval combat management system in support of the Royal Navy’s future Type 31 frigate programme.
TKMS wins Royal Navy’s Type 31e frigates design contract
As part of the tender process for the introduction of the new Type 31e frigate generation, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems is one of the selected suppliers in the final design and offer phase in a consortium led by ATLAS ELEKTRONIK UK including ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH and with British shipyards Harland & Wolff and Ferguson Marine Engineering. This was announced by the Royal Navy in London in December 2018.