The framework gives Babcock a common route to access specialist engineering expertise across multiple projects for the UK Armed Forces at home and overseas. It is part of a broader strategy to simplify procurement, strengthen supplier relationships and speed the deployment of technical capabilities.
For Amentum, the award builds on decades of infrastructure support at Devonport Royal Dockyard, His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde and Rosyth Royal Dockyard. The framework enables ongoing and future support for UK submarine programs as well as platforms and infrastructure across nuclear, marine, land and aviation domains.
“Our decades of naval nuclear infrastructure experience, the breadth and depth of our engineering and architectural skills, together with our unrivalled scientific reach back, makes Amentum a one-stop shop for Babcock’s engineering, nuclear and technical requirements,” said Loren Jones, senior vice president and head of Amentum’s Energy & Environment-International business. “We are looking forward to supporting the delivery of programmes vital to the UK’s safety and security in the years ahead, deploying our proven experience of modernizing the UK’s naval bases, dockyards and defence systems, including specialized technical validation for critical infrastructure such as docks, berths and shiplifts for the maintenance of Astute and Dreadnought-class submarines, and for the wider Royal Navy fleet.”
Amentum can provide requirements management, architectural design and building services under the framework. Its engineering capabilities cover marine, civil and structural work, electrical systems, control and instrumentation, and mechanical engineering.
The company also provides safety case authoring, human factors expertise, 3D Building Information Modelling and geotechnical studies. Its specialist services include seismic and blast assessments and Independent Technical Assessment for complex infrastructure and defense requirements.
Amentum separately supports Royal Navy nuclear propulsion systems through research and technology services, safety case work and security services. The new framework extends the company’s role across Babcock-led defense engineering requirements over the next five years.
