BAE Systems awards contracts for new Type 26 ships

Posted on 5 Aug 2015 by Callum Bentley

With more than £170m worth of contracts, the British giant has awarded the first equipment manufacturing contracts for the Type 26 Global Combat ships to seven companies in the supply chain, involving more than 1,250 people across the UK.

The contracts – awarded from the £859m Demonstration Phase which began in April – cover key equipment such as propulsion, communications and electrical systems for the first three ships.

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They will be carried out respectively by: Babcock (ship’s air weapons handling system) David Brown Gear Systems Ltd (propulsion gearbox and the test facility) GE…