Govt awards BAE Systems £2.4bn for nuclear submarine programme

Posted on 16 May 2018 by Jonny Williamson

BAE Systems has been awarded a £1.5bn contract for delivery of the seventh Astute class submarine and a further £900m for the next phase of the Dreadnought submarine programme.

BAE has been awarded a £1.5bn contract for delivery of the seventh Astute class submarine – image courtesy of BAE Systems. The Secretary of State for Defence, The Right Honourable Gavin Williamson, announced these contracts during a visit to the Company’s submarine site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Williamson named the seventh and…

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