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13 Jun 2022

BAE Systems today marks 15 years of supporting Operations Aintree and Kipion, the Royal Navy’s mine countermeasure (MCM) strategy in the Gulf. The defence contractor has supported the Royal Navy’s Hunt Class vessels in-region for the past 15 years – and also delivers maintenance and upkeep to the rest of the Hunt Class flotilla out of Portsmouth Naval Base.

13 Jun 2022

9 May 2022

The Ministry of Defence has announced more than £2 billion of further funding for the Dreadnought nuclear deterrent submarines, which are under construction at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness. The funding is to enable the third major phase of the programme, Delivery Phase 3, the most significant stage so far in terms of criticality, value and complexity.

9 May 2022

23 Mar 2022

BAE Systems has signed an agreement with Barzan Maintenance Shield and the Qatar Emiri Naval Force (QENF) to develop Warship Support and Naval Base Management Services for the QENF.

23 Mar 2022

3 Feb 2022

A huge wave of work spanning the last two years and culminating in successful sea trials in the last few weeks has seen Combat Systems teams collaborate and successfully deliver a “super release” of software updates to both QEC Carriers, providing them with the latest capabilities required for their Carrier Strike Group and NATO deployments in 2022 and beyond.

3 Feb 2022

1 Oct 2021

Today, BAE Systems marks its first day as part of the team that will deliver the five year Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) alongside the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the Royal Navy.

1 Oct 2021

28 Sep 2021

BAE Systems has successfully completed the management and delivery of planned overseas support for the UK’s Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21). The carrier group sailed from the UK in May and has been supported by BAE Systems throughout its deployment.

28 Sep 2021

16 Sep 2021

BAE Systems is working with Dell Technologies on delivering innovative digital capability for the new City Class Type 26 frigates.

16 Sep 2021

6 Sep 2021

HMS Tamar and HMS Spey have departed Portsmouth in advance of their deployment to the Indo-Pacific.

6 Sep 2021

29 Jun 2021

In a steel cut ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third Type 26 frigate, HMS BELFAST.

29 Jun 2021

28 Jun 2021

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a five year contract to BAE Systems to provide a data management system to multiple ships in the Royal Navy fleet including the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 destroyers and the new Type 26 frigates.

28 Jun 2021

23 Apr 2021

Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel HMS Medway underwent a successful planned maintenance period, delivered by BAE Systems and Royal Navy Ship Staff in Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida, from December 2020 through January 2021.

23 Apr 2021

2 Apr 2021

BAE Systems will retain its key role supporting the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Naval Base, with the Company securing two contracts as part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) competition. The contracts, worth up to £1.3 billion over five years, will commence on 1 October 2021 following a transition period.

2 Apr 2021

28 Mar 2021

Rochester, UK - BAE Systems is taking decades of flight controls expertise underwater on-board the UK's next generation submarine, Dreadnought.

28 Mar 2021

28 Mar 2021

New research reveals that the UK's Dreadnought Submarine Programme supports tens of thousands of jobs across the UK.

28 Mar 2021