Rolls-Royce Submarines is expanding its Raynesway facility near Derby as Britain prepares to manufacture reactors for the Dreadnought and SSN-AUKUS fleets in parallel.
USS Idaho, one of the U.S. Navy’s newest Virginia-class attack submarines, returned to Groton, Connecticut, on September 28 after its first deployment.
The UK government plans to limit bidding for three new floating docks at HM Naval Base Clyde to British firms, placing a major submarine maintenance project with domestic industry.
The programme is intended to double the country’s submarine production rate and establish a continuous output of one attack boat every 18 months.
HMS Agamemnon, Britain’s sixth Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine, has left BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard for the first time and begun sea trials.
HMS Astute is preparing for a Mid Life Re-Validation Period after completing its first 15-year commission with the Royal Navy.
Navantia has completed testing of the air-independent propulsion system for the S-83 Cosme García, the third submarine in Spain’s S-80 class.
About £6 billion will be invested over the Spending Review period to expand shipbuilding, reactor manufacturing and specialist supply-chain capacity.
L3Harris Technologies has secured a $139 million follow-on award to supply imaging masts for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines.
Britain’s first Dreadnought-class ballistic-missile submarine is scheduled to complete sea trials and be ready to enter Royal Navy service in the early 2030s.
Canada and Norway are building a broader defence and industrial partnership around the Type 212CD submarine, Arctic security and space-based military capabilities.
Rolls-Royce Submarines will build the nuclear reactors for every Australian SSN-AUKUS submarine at its Raynesway facility in Derby, placing Britain at the centre of one of Australia’s largest defence programmes.
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