Maritime Defence & Security News

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5 June 2025

Babcock Secures £114 Million Contract to Support First Nuclear Submarine Defueling Operations in 20 Years

Babcock have been awarded a three-year contract to prepare for the first nuclear defueling of a decommissioned Trafalgar Class submarine in over 20 years.

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4 June 2025

Frazer-Nash Consultancy at the Heart of the UK’s Largest Multi-Domain AI Defence Trial

Frazer-Nash Consultancy played a central role in coordinating WINTERMUTE 3, the UK’s largest multi-domain AI defence trial. The exercise gathered critical data to advance automatic target recognition technologies across land, air, and sea platforms.

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3 June 2025

SMI Welcomes the Publication of the Strategic Defence Review

It was a privilege to be invited to contribute to its development and to collaborate closely with the Naval Staff, ensuring that the voice of the UK maritime industries was heard and reflected in its propositions. The government has listened—and importantly, has backed the Review in full.

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27 May 2025

HMS Venturer Ventures Forth as the First Type 31 Frigate Makes Its Debut

Babcock has marked a major milestone in UK sovereign defence capability as the first of class, Type 31 frigate, HMS Venturer was unveiled at the company’s Rosyth site.

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21 May 2025

Inspiring the next generation of innovators at Babcock’s Festival of Engineering in Fife

Pupils from eight local primary schools took part in the two-day event organised by Babcock’s first-year graduates, with the aim of inspiring the next generation of talent into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) careers

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20 May 2025

BMT announces exclusive partnership with BAE Systems for Anzac Class Design Support Contract

BMT is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with BAE Systems Australia to bid for the future sustainment of the Anzac Class Design Support Contract, currently the subject of an open Commonwealth tender.

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15 May 2025

Navantia UK appoints Donato Martínez as new CEO

Navantia UK has today appointed Donato Martínez as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer.

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1 May 2025

Navantia UK appoints Derek Jones as Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer

Navantia UK has announced the appointment of Derek Jones as Chief Commercial and Business Development Officer.

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30 April 2025

Western Ferries Announces APCL Cammell Laird as Preferred Bidder for Two New Vehicle and Passenger Vessels for its Gourock to Dunoon Route

Western Ferries Announces APCL Cammell Laird as Preferred Bidder for Two New Vehicle and Passenger Vessels for its Gourock to Dunoon Route.

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30 April 2025

From Concept to Commercialisation: Defence Innovation Loans Are Open

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) supported by Innovate UK Loans Ltd (Innovate UK) are working together to offer Defence Innovation Loans.

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