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  • UK to Acquire New General Purpose Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK to Acquire New General Purpose Frigates

    The U.K. government has issued a National Shipbuilding Strategy that calls for the procurement of new general purpose frigates. The first five Type 31e frigates would cost less than $329 million each and are slated to enter service by 2023, the British government said in a press release posted Wednesday. Type 31e vessels will be built in […] More

  • Independent Review Provides Recommendations for UK Naval Shipbuilding Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Independent Review Provides Recommendations for UK Naval Shipbuilding Growth

    The U.K. government has published an independent report by businessman and Anglo American Chair John Parker that provides recommendations to boost the country’s naval shipbuilding industry. Parker’s report includes a reappraisal of the U.K.’s shipbuilding efforts and will inform the country’s National Shipbuilding Strategy that will be released in 2017, the U.K. defense ministry said Tuesday. The […] More