Royal Navy

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Thales to deliver the world’s first fully integrated unmanned mine countermeasures system for the Royal Navy and French “Marine Nationale”.

26/11/202026/11/2020 Paolo Valpolini France, Marine Nationale, MMCM, Royal Navy, Thales, United Kingdom

26 November 2020 –  Following the first phase of the program in which two demonstrators have successfully proven their operational

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Final Next-Generation Patrol Ship departs Glasgow for her new home in Portsmouth

28/10/202028/10/2020 Paolo Valpolini BAE Systems, HMS Spey, River Class, Royal Navy

28 October 2020 – HMS Spey, the fifth and final River Class Batch 2 Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), departed BAE

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BAE Systems and Royal Navy provide first look at autonomous sea boats of the future

24/06/202024/06/2020 Paolo Valpolini autonomous, BAE Systems, Pacific 24 RIB, Royal Navy

24 June 2020 – During Armed Forces Week, BAE Systems and the Royal Navy announce a £3.2 million autonomous boat

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Rolls-Royce seals major contract covering complete MTU propulsion systems for Royal Navy Type 31 frigates

29/05/202029/05/2020 Paolo Valpolini MTU 20V 8000 M71, Rolls-Royce, Royal Navy, Type 31

29 May 2020 – Rolls-Royce is to supply complete MTU propulsion systems for five new Type 31 general-purpose frigates for

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Ultra continues support of electro-optical tracking systems for the UK Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer

26/02/202026/02/2020 Paolo Valpolini GSA9, Royal Navy, Type 45, Ultra

27th February 2020 – Ultra is pleased to announce its continued support of the Electro-optical tracking system as part of

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Thales to provide Royal Navy with the most advanced mission systems to protect UK maritime interests globally

06/02/202006/02/2020 Paolo Valpolini Babcock, Royal Navy, Team 31, Thales, Type 31

6 February 2020 – Thales, as part of Babcock Team 31, has been selected to deliver the digital heart of

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HMS Prince of Wales arrives into her home port

16/11/201916/11/2019 Paolo Valpolini Babcock, BAE Systems, Prince of Wales, Royal Navy, Thales

16 November 2019 – HMS Prince of Wales, the second of two aircraft carriers designed and constructed for the Royal

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EDR News 

Babcock’s Arrowhead hits the target for Type 31 frigate

13/09/201923/04/2023 Paolo Valpolini Arrowhead 140, Babcock, DSEI 2019, Royal Navy, Type 31

By Ian Kemp The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced on 12 September the selection of Babcock Team 31 as

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Thales to provide digital EW to the Netherlands and Portuguese navies

11/09/201923/04/2023 Luca Peruzzi DMO, Karel Doorman, Portuguese Navy, RESM, Royal Navy, Thales, the Netherlands Navy

The Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) has selected Thales’s Vigile D digital wideband Radar Electronic Support Measures (RESM) as part

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UK Rebuilds a Global Navy

11/09/201923/04/2023 Paolo Valpolini DSEI 2019, Radakin, Royal Navy

By Ian Kemp The “Royal Navy is growing for the first time in 70 years and that’s a great place

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