Rolls-Royce Breaks Ground On 100,000m² Nuclear Reactor Facility To Support UK, Australia Submarine Fleets

Derby's Rolls-Royce bases well secured amid global tensions, say leaders

Major work is taking place to boost the UK's defence at a 'volatile' time

Submarine fleet size conditional on Barrow output, MPs told

Delivery of the Royal Navy’s next-generation attack submarine fleet is conditional on productivity improvements at the Barrow shipyard, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard has told the House of Commons, as the government declined to put an exact figure on how many boats will be built. Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge pressed the minister at defence questions, noting that the headline promise of the Strategic Defence …

Rolls-Royce Breaks Ground On 100,000m² Nuclear Reactor Facility To Support UK, Australia Submarine Fleets

As part of the AUKUS partnership, the company will also provide reactors for the future Australian SSN-AUKUS attack submarines.

Rolls-Royce expands Derby submarine manufacturing site

Rolls-Royce Submarines has broken ground on a major expansion of its Raynesway site in Derby, starting construction on new manufacturing capacity for the UK’s submarine nuclear propulsion enterprise and the AUKUS programme. The project forms part of a long-term programme to more than double the size of the Raynesway facility, where Rolls-Royce designs, manufactures, and supports the nuclear reactors used across the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet. …