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The UK MoD has signed contracts with industry to build the two future aircraft carriers. |
04 July 2008: UK MoD |
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Babcock International Group PLC (Babcock), the leading submarine support provider
to the Royal Navy, announces that the Canadian Government has awarded Babcock
Marine the In-Service Support contract for its four Victoria class submarines (VISSC). |
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The MoD has today placed contracts valued at around £250 million with companies owning shipyards in the north west, north east and south west of England for the long-term maintenance of a fleet of navy support ships. |
30 June 2008: UK MoD |
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RFA Fort George, a replenishment and stores ship, has come into dock at Birkenhead for a major revamp as the Northwestern Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Limited (NSL) team begin work on a substantial £18M MoD repair contract. |
21 June 2008: UK MoD |
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General Dynamics Electric Boat will christen New Hampshire (SSN-778), the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its shipyard here on Saturday, June 21, at 11 a.m. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics.
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The Type 23 frigate HMS Monmouth is to get a boost to her top speed in a £9 million overhaul to be carried out by Babcock Marine at Rosyth in Scotland, Defence Minister, Baroness Taylor, announced today. |
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BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has completed a study of safety issues to determine feasible options for implementation during the planned 2008 refit of RFA ARGUS. |
14 June 2008: BMT |
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General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics held a keel-laying ceremony for the second ship of its new series of product carriers (PC). |
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The U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems yesterday celebrated the formal activation of the new Shipboard Electronics Repair Facility in Pittsfield. |
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General Dynamics has delivered USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) to the U.S. Navy. Named in honor of the Navy rear admiral who led the first expedition to the North Pole, the Robert E. Peary is the fifth ship delivered in the Navy's T-AKE dry cargo-ammunition ship program in two years. |
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Team appointed for future design coordination to bolster UK Naval ship design capability |
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation has received a multi-million dollar contract from Fincantieri S.p.A for the supply of TC-ASIST helicopter handling systems for the first two ships of the FREMM frigate program. The contract also contains options for the remaining eight ships planned in the class for the Italian Navy. |
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The new NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) has been taking part in the NATO Exercise Bold Monarch 08, alongside Russian and US rescue systems. During the exercise submarines from Norway, The Netherlands and Poland will be bottomed in a simulated sinking and rescue systems then ‘mate’ with the submarine to rescue the survivors. |
02 June 2008: UK MoD |
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The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $6 million contract modification for management and nuclear maintenance work on submarines stationed at Submarine Base New London, Conn. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. |
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The MoD has taken another step towards the procurement of a new fleet of naval tankers to support the Royal Navy on operations worldwide. |
02 June 2008: UK MoD |
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After widely expected indication by the MOD that it intends to sign a contract for two aircraft carriers, industrial partners are ready to proceed with a joint venture to build them. |
28 May 2008: Thales |
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General Dynamics Robotic Systems delivered the first 11-meter Fleet class Anti-Submarine Warfare Unmanned Surface Vehicle (ASW USV) to the U.S. Navy on May 2 as part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mission package. |
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The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that it intends to proceed to the manufacturing stage to build two new CVF aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy |
25 May 2008: BMT |
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The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $38 million contract modification to perform a range of work on USS Hawaii (SSN-776) during its post-shakedown availability (PSA). Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. |
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BMT Fleet Technology Limited has been awarded the Definition, Engineering, Logistics and Management Support (DELMS) contract for the Canadian Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) project. |
17 May 2008: BMT |
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The U.S. Coast Guard has accepted delivery of the first Northrop Grumman Corporation-built National Security Cutter (NSC), Bertholf (WMSL 750) -- the most technologically advanced ship in U.S. Coast Guard history. Officials representing the company's Shipbuilding sector, U.S. Coast Guard and partner Lockheed Martin signed the official DD-250 documents, signifying the delivery of the ship. |
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BMT Defence Services Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has unveiled its Vidar-36 design for an extremely capable and flexible, 3,600 tonne, conventional (SSK) submarine. |
15 May 2008: BMT |
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QinetiQ has signed an initial 11 month contract with the MOD as part of a £2m pilot study which will see a new joint MOD / industry naval ship design office established in Bristol, to be tasked with the design of complex naval ships for the Royal Navy, such as the Future Surface Combatant. |
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The Lockheed Martin led LCS team recently completed another successful milestone in the production of the nation's first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) with the light off and testing of Freedom (LCS 1)'s main propulsion diesel engines. |
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The Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) program, with significant support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, achieved a significant milestone in late March 2008, operating for the first time from one of the U.S. Navy's newest transformational platforms, the Ohio-class cruise missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727). |
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