拢200 million funding boost for UK industry carrying out Successor submarine design
皇冠体育app MOD has today announced a 拢201 million package to support further design work for the Royal Navy鈥檚 next generation of nuclear submarines.
皇冠体育app funding will enable BAE Systems to develop the design of the submarine, including the layout of equipment and systems, and to develop manufacturing processes, including the production of early prototypes. 皇冠体育app announcement comes ahead of the next phase of the programme later this year.
皇冠体育app new submarine will be one of the stealthiest submarines in the world. It will also be the safest and most technically advanced submarine ever built in the UK.
Work on the submarine鈥檚 design will draw on cutting edge capabilities in innovation, design and engineering, employing around 2,500 highly-skilled people in the UK from BAE Systems, Babcock and Rolls-Royce. Hundreds of potential suppliers, including Small and Medium Enterprises, have also been identified across the country.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said:
皇冠体育app round the clock nuclear deterrent is as crucial to Britain鈥檚 national security now as it has ever been. We use it everyday to deter extreme threats that cannot be countered by any other means.
When there are 17,000 nuclear weapons in the world, we can鈥檛 wish away threats we face now and those that may emerge in the 2030s, 2040s, and 2050s.
A CGI image of what the replacement to the Vanguard class submarines might look like. Crown Copyright.
Chief of Materiel (Fleet) Vice Admiral Simon Lister added:
We are now in the detailed design stage of the most technologically advanced nuclear submarine in the history of the Royal Navy. Building on cutting edge developments carried out by the MOD, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Babcock, this funding will allow us to continue to move forwards with the programme.
皇冠体育app funding, is part of the overall 拢3.3 billion package announced in the last parliament for the Assessment Phase of the Successor submarine programme.
Four Vanguard submarines 鈥� which currently maintain the UK鈥檚 nuclear deterrent - will be replaced from the early 2030s.
皇冠体育app Successor programme will replace the current nuclear deterrent Vanguard class submarines. Crown Copyright.
Within the next four years all the UK鈥檚 submarines will be based in Scotland. This will lead to the creation of 1,400 new jobs taking the total number employed at HM Naval Base Clyde to 8,200 by 2022.