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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 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 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…
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…
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 frigate program…
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, 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…
Plasan Announcement Plasan announces that they have signed a contract with BAE Systems for the armoring of Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the UK Royal Navy – Batch 2.…
The hull of the futured HMS Glasgow touched the cold waters of the River Clyde in a milestone moment for the Type 26 frigate program. As the sun was setting…
The first of the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates is due to enter the water for the first time. The float off process for HMS Glasgow started today and…