Australia has laid the keel of NUSHIP Hunter, the first Hunter-class frigate, at South Australia’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.
Britain expects workforce demand across its Defence Nuclear Enterprise to reach around 65,000 by 2030, up from an estimated 47,600 jobs currently supported by the sector.
The Dreadnought Alliance says a new £8.4 billion funding phase will move Britain’s nuclear submarine replacement programme from construction towards operational delivery.
The U.S. State Department has cleared a potential $364 million sale of 5,031 APKWS II guidance units to Italy.
Britain’s Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine programme supports approximately 30,000 jobs across the country, according to the industrial alliance delivering the project.
BAE Systems Australia and ASC are expanding efforts to build the domestic industrial base needed for Australia’s future SSN-AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines.
The group is expanding munitions capacity, modernising manufacturing sites and increasing automation across several of its major businesses.
BAE Systems has moved into the second phase of a DARPA program aimed at overcoming thermal limits in advanced radio-frequency electronics, a constraint on the power and range of military systems.
BAE Systems Australia has completed the prototyping phase of the Hunter Class Frigate Program at the Osborne Naval and Henderson shipyards.
BAE Systems has secured a £135 million contract to maintain and repair Royal Navy torpedoes through June 2029, sustaining 315 skilled jobs across the UK.
BAE Systems sees scope to expand its defence business in Japan and Canada, two markets that remain relatively small for the group but are moving towards higher military spending.
BAE Systems is expanding manufacturing capacity at its Hägglunds business in Sweden to support rising European demand for CV90 and BvS10 combat vehicles.
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