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XV Excalibur is the culmination of Project Cetus and is the Royal Navy’s first crewless submarine 🙌. At 19 tonnes and 12 metres, Excalibur is roughly the length of a double decker bus. The SDA is proud to deliver this capability to the Royal Navy and be part of the project.

We’re at the Navy Leaders Combined Naval Event. Colleagues including our CEO, Sir Chris Gardner KBE, and Deputy CEO, Keith Beckett, will be speaking during the event. Topics include AUKUS, combat systems, additive manufacturing and our role in the Defence Nuclear Enterprise.

We work every day to deliver available and capable submarines for the Royal Navy 🇬🇧. From leading the design and construction of all new UK submarines to developing a sustainable industrial base, we’re delivering the UK’s number one defence priority as a national endeavour.

HMS Audacious departing Souda Bay in Crete 2022 ahead of NATO training and operations in the Mediterranean. Fourth of class, HMS Audacious was on her first operational deployment from January 2022 and can be seen flying the NATO pennant. #Submarines #PicoftheDay

HMS Triumph leaving HMNB Clyde for the final time in late 2024 is our #ThrowbackThursday. The tenth vessel to bear the name, the first Triumph was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561 and was the largest ship built in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first. #PicoftheDay

The streets in Barrow were paused last week for a special delivery that is unique to the town. The unit is part of Submarine Delivery Agency's Dreadnought submarine programme with 4 boats scheduled to be delivered to the Royal Navy by our Submarines business. 🔗 baes.co/vbeu50W1sca

Excalibur, the Royal Navy’s first uncrewed submarine, was named after the Arthurian legend and an experimental high-speed submarine trialled by the Royal Navy in the 1950s and 60s. #FactFriday

Every day, men and women across the country and around the world keep Britain safe. As we begin a new era for UK Defence, this is what they do for us ⬇️

We're building up to a dozen new attack submarines as part of the AUKUS programme, in response to rapidly increasing threats. This builds on a £15 billion investment in our sovereign nuclear warhead programme and will support 30,000 highly skilled jobs across the UK👇

A new era of threat requires a new era for defence. The Strategic Defence Review marks a landmark shift in our deterrence and defence ⬇️

Key announcements as part of the Review ⬇️

The Strategic Defence Review reinforces the importance of our mission to deliver available and capable submarines to the Royal Navy in defence of our nation. As part of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise, we're helping deliver the nuclear deterrent as part of a National Endeavour.

A major milestone has been achieved with the cut and removal of Swiftsure’s fin at Babcock’s Rosyth facilities 👏. Acting as the demonstrator submarine, she will be the first UK nuclear powered submarine to be dismantled by the end of 2026. Babcock International Defence Equipment & Support Royal Navy

"The safety of the UK and Australia is underwritten by a defence relationship which is closer now than in many decades." 🇬🇧🤝🇦🇺 @MeagleMP & Submarine Delivery Agency CEO visited Adelaide to emphasise the importance of our relationship and opportunities being made for UK & AU businesses. #AUKUS

Babcock International has been awarded a £114 million contract to prepare for the defueling of four decommissioned Trafalgar Class submarines. Taking place at Babcock’s Devonport facility, defueling is a key enabler to submarine dismantling. Read more: ow.ly/bacZ50W4F68

Watch the moment Swiftsure’s fin is removed 👇. Did you know over 500 tonnes of conventional waste has been removed and recycled and around 90% of the submarine’s structure and components can be reused or recycled. Read more: ow.ly/ntQj50W5rbk 📸: Babcock International

Not only do we work alongside Defence Equipment & Support at our Bristol site, but we also have an abundance of wildlife 🍃. If you’ve visited Abbey Wood, you’ll be no stranger to the geese who arrive every year in early spring.

HMS Vanguard "vents off" as she leaves HMNB Clyde in Scotland, 2012.

HMS Anson, conducting trials off the east coast of the United States and in the Caribbean Sea, 2024. During the trials her state-of-the-art systems and weaponry was rigorously tested.

The Dreadnought Class will be the largest submarines ever built for the Royal Navy with a displacement of 17,200 tonnes. They will have: ⚓ 42.5km of piping ⚙️ over 20,000 cables on board which equates to 347km 💡 almost 13,000 electrical items