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Naval Warfare
Modular Type 32 design could gain inspiration from Type 31 frigate
19th April 2021
The planned class of warship will have an ASW capability in addition to acting as a mothership for autonomous MCM systems.
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Military Logistics
Babcock continues pump equipment support for RN
26th March 2021
Latest seven-year contract extension is worth approximately £50 million.
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Digital Battlespace
British Army eyes savings from latest logistic support contract
22nd March 2021
Babcock joins the Land Environment Tactical Communications and Information Systems team as logistics support provider.
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Naval Warfare
Indonesia receives first indigenously assembled submarine
17th March 2021
KRI Alugoro, constructed for the Indonesian Navy, is the first submarine to be assembled in Southeast Asia.
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Naval Warfare
Poland reaffirms its commitment to Miecznik but Swedish sub talks stutter
18th March 2021
Polish government breathes new life into its plan to build at least one new frigate for the Polish Navy, with European shipbuilders expressing interest.
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Naval Warfare
Babcock continues Harpoon asset availability support for RN
8th January 2021
Babcock provides specialist engineering expertise supporting Harpoon availability for Type 23 and Type 45 vessels.
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Naval Warfare
Montrose completes support period at Duqm
11th January 2021
Type 23 frigate returns to operational duties after four weeks in drydock.
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Naval Warfare
Order of long-lead items for Type 26 Batch 2 underway
25th January 2021
A key element in the RN future surface fleet, the Type 26 programme has reduced in scope from a planned 13 hulls to just eight.
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Training
Capita team wins Selborne
23rd December 2020
Has the MoD made itself a hostage to fortune by outsourcing training services to a private consortium?
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Naval Warfare
South Korea reveals imagery of LPX-II carrier
7th January 2021
South Korea has its heart set on a new light aircraft carrier capable of operating F-35B fighters and helicopters.
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Naval Warfare
Babcock invests in new Module Hall at Rosyth
14th December 2020
Facility will be big enough to allow two Type 31 vessels to be assembled simultaneously
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Naval Warfare
Might the mysterious Type 32 ‘frigate’ really be the UK’s MCM replacement?
19th November 2020
A £16.5 billion multi-year boost to UK defence spending, announced on 19 November, has interesting implications for the Royal Navy and the shipbuilding sector.
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Training
UK delays Hawk servicing decision
17th November 2020
UK MoD plan to shift all Hawk servicing to RAF Leeming would leave Hawk T2 servicing taking place away from the aircraft’s main operating base.
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Naval Warfare
Viasat to provide UHF SATCOM for Type 31
4th November 2020
Secure BLoS communications are on the horizon for future RN frigates
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Naval Warfare
Little margin for error in Type 31 programme nearly a year after contract award
9th October 2020
Almost a year into the contract for the design, development and manufacture of five Type 31 frigates for the RN, Babcock is confident that the programme remains on schedule despite difficulties faced by industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Fast attack/patrol craft and interceptors
UK supplied Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) [Ukraine]
Background It was first reported in late September 2020 that the UK could provide eight Barzan-class fast attack craft to Ukraine. The platform has been in ...
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Trainer
PC-7 MKX [France]
Development Babcock is set to supply the French Air and Space Force with 22 PC-7 MKX aircraft and 12 training stimulators for a total programme ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
SW4 Puszczyk Replacement [Poland]
Background Requirement In 2002, Poland order 47 SW4 training helicopters from Italian manufacturer Leonardo; as of Spring 2025, the Ministry of Defence is looking to ...
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Frigates
Inspiration Class (Type 31) (1-5) [UK]
Background The Inspiration-class (Type 31) frigate programme for the UK Royal Navy (RN) emerged during the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) 2015 when the MoD ...
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Self-propelled mortars
Project Stokes [UK]
Background The British Army does not currently operate any self-propelled mortars. The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that static fire support platforms are increasingly vulnerable ...
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Patrol boats
Second-hand patrol boats (Ireland)
Background The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) announced on 14 March that it was selling two decommissioned 340t Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPVs) to Ireland. As part ...
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Frigates
Arrowhead 140 Frigate Acquisition (3-4) [Indonesia]
Programme Background Timeline The design options initially shortlisted for the first two frigates were an improved variant of the SIGMA 10514 design from Damen, the 30FFM ...
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Frigates
Common Combat Vessels [UK]
Background Requirements Despite replacing the Type 45, the CCV will be smaller than a destroyer, which the UK hopes will allow it to save money ...
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Military helicopters - scout/light attack
Project Land 2097 Phase 4 [Australia]
Programme Background According to the RfI, under Project Land 2097 Phase 4, the selected helicopter must comprise a commercial or military off-the-shelf solution that is ...
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Military helicopters - light/training
Future Aircrew Training Program [Canada]
Background The FAcT requires to graduate 120 pilots, 40 combat systems officers and 36 airborne electronic sensor operators per year with 15% fluctuation. Training services are ...
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Frigates
Arrowhead 140 Frigate Acquisition (1-2) [Indonesia]
Programme Background Requirements Indonesia’s policy of Minimum Essential Force (MEF) seeks to create an armed force capable of defending the nation. The navy has thus ...
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Aircraft carriers
Queen Elizabeth Class
The contract to begin the construction of the first ship was awarded in 2008, ten years after the programme was announced in the 1998 SDR. ...
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Frigates
Luleå Class (1-4) [Sweden]
Background Requirements The Swedish Navy currently operates a total of five Visby-class corvettes and two older Gävle-class corvettes, which first entered service in the late 1980s. According ...
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Submarines: conventional/attack
Project ORKA [Poland]
Background Requirements The Orka-class submarine programme for the Polish Navy is intended to provide three new replacements for the remaining Kobben-class and Kilo-class SSKs. Poland ...
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Frigates
Air Defence Frigates Procurement [Denmark]
Background Requirements After focusing on the procurement of new highly capable patrol ships and new Arctic frigates as a replacement for the Thetis-class, Shephard had initially estimated ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Frigates
Arrowhead 120
The Arrowhead 120 (AH120) is a frigate design from Babcock, which was initially developed for the requirements of the Royal Navy and its Type 31 frigate ...
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Frigates
Inspiration Class (Type 31)
The Inspiration-class (Type 31) is a general-purpose frigate being procured by the UK RN to replace its Type 23 Duke-class frigates. The new frigates will ...
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LTVs - 4x4
General Logistics Vehicle
The General Logistics Vehicle (GLV) is a light utility vehicle manufactured by Babcock International. Unveiled at DSEI 2023, it is a militarised version of the Toyota Land Cruiser ...
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Trainer
TB 30 Epsilon
The Socata TB 30 Epsilon is a light truboprop trainer aircraft. The first aircraft flew in 1979 and entered service in 1983. It is in ...
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Air: fixed-wing flight simulators
UK MFTS
The Military Flying Training System (MFTS) programme, is a private finance initiative involving the MoD and Ascent, a JV of Lockheed Martin and Babcock, which was ...
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Major networking projects
Project Marshall
The Joint Military Air Traffic Services project was initiated by the UK MoD in November 2005 to identify and evaluate options for the future delivery ...
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Trainer
PC-21
Pilatus began the development of the PC-21 single-turboprop low-wing swept monoplane advanced trainer in 1999. The PC-21 can also be operated in the light attack ...
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Trainer
Phenom 100
Phenom 100 is a very light jet originally developed for single owner-pilot operation but later gained popularity as a jet trainer aircraft. The platform first ...
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Frigates
Miecznik frigates (Arrowhead 140)
The Miecznik frigates are based on the Babcock Arrowhead 140 design, already selected by the Royal Navy and the Indonesian Navy. Three ships have been ordered ...
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Air: transport/tanker simulators
A330 Voyager MRTT Training Services
Through AirTanker Services, a JV between Thales, Airbus Group, Cobham, Rolls-Royce and Babcock, Thales provides and maintains training services for the RAF’s Future Strategic Tanker ...
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Static/towed guns
Centurion LPWS
Raytheon developed the Centurion Land-based Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS) in 2004-05 to provide a C-RAM system to protect US bases in Iraq. The heart of ...
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Land: Radio and SATCOM
SK4110
Rohde&Schwarz; SK4110 is a high-power HF transmitter that provides beyond-line-of-sight communications with a high data rate. Notably, it has a liquid cooling system and optional ...
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Frigates
Red White Class (Arrowhead 140)
The Red White-class frigates are based on Babcock's Arrowhead 140 design. Indonesia ordered two vessels in 2021, and the lead ship is currently being built ...
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Light UGVs
SPUR
The Squad Packable Utility Robot (SPUR) is QinitiQ's newest tactical land UGV. Designed to be backpackable, the drone can be deployed rapidly from its stowed state. It ...
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Military - USVs
Romulus
The Romulus is an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) designed by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). According to HII, the Romulus USV was designed as a force ...
