BAE Systems wins £5.9 billion UK submarine contract
The package will fund work on HMS Dreadnought and the next three boats, supporting about 30,000 jobs across the UK, officials said.
- On Thursday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham visited Barrow-in-Furness to announce an £8.4 billion investment for nuclear submarines, allocating £5.9 billion to BAE Systems for the Dreadnought program.
- The Dreadnought Class vessels will replace the ageing Vanguard-class fleet to maintain the UK's Continuous At Sea Deterrent for decades. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting called the submarines "essential to keeping the UK secure."
- Supporting 47,000 roles nationwide, the project sustains 13,500 jobs in Barrow, with £2.5 billion allocated to the wider supply chain supporting over 6,000 companies.
- Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge criticized the announcement as a "reannouncement of funding previously confirmed" and expressed concern over the lack of detail on procurement of "up to 12" attack submarines.
- Burnham faces scrutiny over future defence spending, having declined to commit to the 3% GDP target; government documents forecast 2.7% by decade's end amid calls for 3.5% by 2035.
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Andy Burnham is visiting the BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow, northwest England, on Thursday to announce an investment of nearly 10 billion euros for the construction of nuclear submarines.
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Burnham's £8.4bn nuclear sub deal to bring 8,000 jobs to Devonport
The nuclear-armed submarines are set to replace the current Vanguard Class when they enter service and will be capable of launching Trident 2 D5 ballistic missiles, supporting 8,000 jobs at Devonport naval base in Plymouth
On Wednesday, the United Kingdom announced an investment of £8.4 billion (€9.7 billion) for the next stage of its programme to build nuclear submarines. ...
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