BAE Systems awarded £79m of defence contracts

Posted on 17 Dec 2013 by The Manufacturer

BAE Systems will soon start procuring long lead items for the Vanguard Successor Programme after government confirmed two contracts totalling £79m.

The Vanguard Successor programme will see the construction of submarines capable of carrying the UK’s nuclear deterrent from 2028. The £79m procurement contracts for the programme were announced yesterday by the Ministry of Defence. This includes two major procurement contracts of £47m and £32m. The MoD award of these contract to BAE builds on the…

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