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Astute Class Submarine
Nuclear attack submarine
BAE Systems is delivering high performance and breadth of capability through a range of warship, submarine, auxiliary vessel programmes and naval armaments.
The Company is providing the backbone of the UK's Royal Navy fleet for the next half century and is responsible for the delivery of the Type 45 Anti-Air War Destroyer, which will be the most capable ships of its type in the world, as well as the Astute class submarine, which will be the largest and most powerful nuclear attack submarines ever built for the Royal Navy.
The Company is also the US Navy's leading designer and producer of major shipboard armaments from large, medium and minor calibre guns to vertical launching systems for current and future naval ships.
