Second Type 26 Debuts in the Clyde
There are now two of the Royal Navy’s next generation frigates in the water – briefly – as HMS Cardiff entered the Clyde for the first time. Nearly five years…
Future HMS Glasgow Receives BAE Systems MK 45 Gun Mount
The first next-generation gun has been installed on the first of the Royal Navy’s next-generation warships. Fitted on the forecastle of HMS Glasgow – the lead ship in the class…
Steel Cut for First of Three Hunter Class Frigates
The Commonwealth of Australia has awarded BAE Systems Maritime Australia a contract to build the first three Hunter class frigates as the program celebrates its transition into formal construction phase.…
Enhancing the RAN Surface Fleet: Return of the Arsenal Ship?
The analysis of the Royal Australian Navy’s surface combatant fleet that flowed from the defense strategic review (DSR) has been presented to the government but no decisions on new capabilities…
BAE Systems Mk 45 Naval Gun for Hunter Class Frigates
BAE Systems has received a contract to deliver multiple shipsets of the Mk 45 Medium Caliber Gun and automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS) for the Royal Australian Navy’s new Hunter…
A&P and Cammell Laird to Build Units for UK Type 26 Frigates
A&P and Cammell Laird have been awarded contracts by BAE Systems to build units for the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates. The advanced anti-submarine warfare vessels are being constructed at…
Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff Emerges on Govan Skyline
The forward end of HMS Cardiff, the second Type 26 City Class frigate, has emerged from BAE Systems’ ship build hall at Govan for the first time in an important…
Department of Defense’s Procurement of Hunter Class Frigates
Summary and recommendations Background 1. The Royal Australian Navy (the Navy) currently has eight ANZAC class frigates. The 2016 Defence White Paper stated that: The Government is bringing forward the future…
Keel Laid for Future Type 26 HMS Birmingham
On the fourth day of the fourth month the fourth Type 26 frigate – and the fourth ship to bear the name Birmingham – began to take shape on the…
BAE Systems to Provide MIFS for Royal Navy Type 26 Frigates
BAE Systems, Inc. has received a $219 million (GBP181 million) contract to equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with five Mk 45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems (MIFS). The system…