Ben Carpenter-Merritt
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Sometimes it's more about the journey than the destination | Politics, defence, shipbuilding, sovereign capability, #ukmfg | All views and all that
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/BenCM 28-11-2011 10:13:23
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The submariners of the Royal Navy work tirelessly to keep us safe. Prime Minister Keir Starmer boarded a Vanguard Class submarine, a guardian of our nuclear deterrent, as it returned after months at sea. We thank them for their silent service 🇬🇧
We’ve secured a £1.6 billion five-year contract extension with Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 to support critical, strategic British Army 🇬🇧 equipment. Tom Newman, CEO of our Land business, discusses the significance of this milestone between Babcock and the British Army. babcockinternational.com/news/babcock-a…
Assembled at Rosyth by skilled Scottish workers and vital to UK defence. A key deployment of HMS Prince of Wales announced today.
Out of the shadows. The UK's first Type 31 frigate HMSVenturer was today revealed to the world, rolled out of the large assembly hall Babcock International in Rosyth after 2½ years' construction ahead of entering the water next month to begin completion. royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/may/…
The first Type 31 rolled out of her hall today, a significant milestone that follows on nicely from last week's Type 26 naming (opposite coast) Thoughts on what they could be used for and why5⃣won't be enough📈 #people - build them and they will come telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05/2…
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It was a pleasure to welcome Inzievar Primary to Westminster last week. After pupils toured our historic Parliament, they asked me lots of clever, thoughtful questions before heading off to enjoy the rest of their trip - thanks to Babcock International’s support dunfermlinepress.com/news/25211081.…