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  • UK Navy Commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK Navy Commissions HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier

    The British navy has commissioned the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier during a ceremony held Thursday at the Portsmouth naval base in England. The ceremony was attended by Queen Elizabeth, Princess Anne, UK Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson and other British military leaders, the U.K. government said Thursday. HMS Queen Elizabeth was built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance, comprised of […] More

  • BAE Systems to Support All UK Navy Vessels at Portsmouth Naval Base - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Support All UK Navy Vessels at Portsmouth Naval Base

    The U.K. ministry of defense has updated its maritime support delivery framework contract with BAE Systems to cover all classes of vessels homeported at the Portsmouth Naval Base including two new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers. BAE Systems said Thursday that its engineers from the Solent region will support the U.K. navy’s carriers and the rest […] More

  • BAE-Built 3D Radar Completes Sea Trials Aboard UK Type 23 Frigates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE-Built 3D Radar Completes Sea Trials Aboard UK Type 23 Frigates

    A BAE Systems-built radar system has completed three years of sea-based trials on the U.K. navy’s Type 23 frigates and has been integrated onto a Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier, landing platform dock assault ship and landing platform helicopter assault ship. BAE said Wednesday it has also installed the company’s Artisan 3D radar at the U.K. ministry of defense’s land-based test site in Portsmouth, […] More