The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems a £270m contract to upgrade the Spearfish Heavyweight Torpedo for the Royal Navy’s submarines.
Existing torpedoes will be upgraded by BAE Systems at its Broad Oak facility in Portsmouth to the new design with initial deliveries in 2020 continuing until 2024. The contract secures 100 skilled engineering jobs for BAE Systems’ Maritime Services business at Broad Oak, and sustains hundreds more across the supply chain. Forty new skilled engineering…
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