Royal Navy submarine contract awarded

19 Jun 2012 12:36 PM

The MOD has secured a supplier to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines and to upgrade the plant where they will be built.

The nuclear reactor cores will be used to power the seventh and final Astute Class submarine and the first of the Royal Navy's next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines, known as the Successor Class.

The Astute Class vessels are the largest, most advanced, and most powerful attack submarines ever operated by the Royal Navy. They are nuclear-powered but not nuclear-armed.

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