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21 July 2025

LR Becomes First Certifying Authority Authorised to Certify ROUVs Under MCA WBC3 Annex 2

This new authorisation allows LR to meet the increasing demand for unmanned and autonomous vessel solutions.

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21 July 2025

Scottish Defence Dividend £250m Investment Launched

Scottish Secretary and Minister for Defence Procurement & Industry visited HMNB Clyde to launch the multi-decade, multi-billion pound Clyde 2070 programme.

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21 July 2025

APCL A&P Falmouth Recieves Gold Award Under MOD Employer Recognition Scheme

APCL A&P Falmouth has received the Gold Award under the UK Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

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18 July 2025

LR Secures In-Service Submarine Contract to Support UK Ministry of Defence

LR has announced a significant milestone in its naval assurance services, having secured a 12-month in-service submarine support contract from the MOD through the Aurora Framework.

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10 July 2025

Ferguson Marine Secures Type 26 Frigate Work with BAE Systems

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd has announced that it has signed a contract with BAE Systems to fabricate three structural components for Ship 4 HMS Birmingham as part of the Type 26 programme.

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9 July 2025

NOC Awarded £2.6 Million to Investigate Expanding Ocean Desertification

Scientists at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are leading a new, five-year funded project to investigate the alarming expansion of ocean deserts—vast regions of the ocean with little life or nutrients

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7 July 2025

Hypermotive X-M1 Wins Hydrogen Breakthrough Technology of the Year

Hypermotive Ltd. in collaboration with Honda wins Hydrogen Breakthrough Technology of the Year at Electric & Hybrid Marine Technology Awards

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2 July 2025

Babcock Delivering Defence Dividend Blueprint for Regional Regeneration

Babcock International has announced plans to relocate over 2,000 roles to central Plymouth as part of a major regional regeneration initiative and broader defence industry investment.

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30 June 2025

Exail to Equip Petrobras FPSOs with Quadrans AHRS in Brazilian Offshore Project

Exail, a global leader in inertial navigation technologies, has secured a contract with Brazilian offshore services company Mitang to deliver 30 Quadrans Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS).

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24 June 2025

Robosys Automation Launches New Software Autopilot, VOYAGER AI SMARTPILOT™

Robosys Automation has unveiled its new VOYAGER AI SMARTPILOT™ software autopilot at the Autonomous Ship Expo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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