The Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate, HMS Venturer, has been officially unveiled at Babcock’s Rosyth site in a significant step for the UK’s naval shipbuilding programme.
Babcock officially began construction of HMS Formidable, the third of five Inspiration Class frigates, at its Rosyth facility in Scotland.
Exail will supply Marins inertial navigation systems (INS) for the Royal Navy’s T31 Inspiration-class general-purpose frigates.
Survitec has been awarded a significant contract to supply its Survival Technology to five Type 31 Frigates being built by Babcock for the Royal Navy.
Anschütz has successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of its Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge System (WINBS) for the first ship of Type 31 class frigates.
Babcock continues its successful delivery of the Royal Navy Type 31 frigates, with the laying of the keel for HMS Active.
Gleaming in its red paint and complete, this is the bright, bulbous bow of HMS Venturer, the first of the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 frigates.
The £70 million contract will provide equipment and technical services into the Type 31 Mission System Shore Integration Facility at Portsdown Technology Park.
The new Type 31 frigates for the Royal Navy will be fitted with the Thales NS110 surveillance radar.
Babcock has reached another major milestone on the Type 31 programme to deliver five Inspiration Class frigates for the Royal Navy.
