Aukus: UK defence giant BAE Systems wins £3.95bn submarine contract
- Britain has awarded BAE Systems a £4 billion contract to build attack submarines, as part of the Aukus programme with Australia and the United States. This is to counter China's ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.
- The contract with BAE Systems secures funding for development and detailed design work on the submarines, which will be the biggest, most powerful, and advanced attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy. It will also boost job creation, with thousands of jobs expected to be created.
- The Aukus submarine program aims to provide long-term hunter-killer submarine capabilities, maintaining the UK's strategic advantage and securing its place in a contested global order. It reinforces the government's support for national security and will ensure the UK's leading position in submarine design.
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UK hands £4bn contract to BAE Systems for 'powerful attack' submarines as part of AUKUS pact
The submarines contract is the latest step in the security pact between the UK, US and Australia, which has been strongly criticised by China as going "further down a dangerous road".
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LONDON: Britain has signed contracts worth £4 billion (US$4.8 billion) to finance a new phase of the SSN-AUKUS next-generation attack submarine project, according to government officials. The deals, which involve British companies BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Babcock, are pa
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