A new Torpedo Repair and Maintenance contract awarded to BAE Systems bridges to a longer-term modernisation programme while sustaining highly skilled engineering roles across Portsmouth, Edinburgh, Chelmsford and Glasgow – and keeping the Royal Navy’s Spearfish and Sting Ray torpedoes operationally ready. The Ministry of Defence has awarded a £135 million contract to BAE Systems to maintain and repair the Royal Navy’s torpedo weapons, sustaining around 315 jobs across the UK and ensuring continuous availability of one of the service’s most operationally critical undersea capabilities. The three-year Torpedo Repair and Maintenance contract runs from July 2026 to June 2029 and…
