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16 Nov 2019

HMS Prince of Wales, the second of two aircraft carriers designed and constructed for the Royal Navy, has sailed into her home port of Portsmouth Naval Base for the first time.

16 Nov 2019

3 Oct 2019

HMS SPEY, the last of five River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), was named today in front of gathered VIPs and employees at an official ceremony in Glasgow.

3 Oct 2019

11 Sep 2019

At a time of increased threat to international shipping, BAE Systems will this week demonstrate for the first time how Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) can be fully integrated with operational Royal Navy warships to extend their reach beyond the horizon and reduce sailors’ exposure to danger.

11 Sep 2019

10 Sep 2019

Contracts to support and maintain hundreds of high-speed rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) and other small boats used to help protect Britain’s shores have been awarded to BAE Systems under the Boats in Service Support (BISS) contract, the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced today.

10 Sep 2019

14 Aug 2019

We have cut steel for the second Type 26 Global Combat Ship, HMS CARDIFF, marking an important milestone in the programme to deliver the most advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability to the Royal Navy.

14 Aug 2019

24 Jul 2019

BAE Systems has successfully completed a series of trials on a ‘first of its kind’ autonomous boat that will allow navies to go beyond the limits of human endurance with unmanned vessels that can travel further, for longer and to more inhospitable environments.

24 Jul 2019

9 Jul 2019

Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds, the Australian Minister for Defence has visited our Govan shipyard to witness the build progress being made on GLASGOW, the first in class City Class Type 26.

9 Jul 2019

4 Jun 2019

Two BAE Systems’ apprentices presented D-Day veteran Eric Strange with a miniature handmade cannon and framed photo as a “thank you for your service”.

4 Jun 2019

25 Feb 2019

Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has revealed the name of the third Dreadnought submarine as HMS Warspite.

25 Feb 2019

20 Dec 2018

BAE Systems teams have returned HMS Chiddingfold to the water following what has been the most extensive package of work ever carried out to the plastic hulls of any Hunt Class mine countermeasure vessels.

20 Dec 2018

19 Dec 2018

Last Christmas the hopes and dreams of the 50-strong Burgess Marine team at Portsmouth Naval Base were nearly sunk after an unpaid invoice for a superyacht left the business foundering.

19 Dec 2018

6 Dec 2018

The Academy for Skills and Knowledge, at our Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was officially opened today by the Secretary of State for Defence, Gavin Williamson.

6 Dec 2018