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U.K. Reveals Three Type 31e Frigate Builders Shortlist

Monday, December 10th, 2018

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U.K. Reveals Three Type 31e Frigate Builders Shortlist

BAE Systems’ proposed design for the UK Type 31e frigate competition. (Artists concept: BAE Systems)

The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Monday announced the three competitors to build the planned Type 31e general purpose frigate for the Royal Navy.The ministry awarded contracts worth up to $6 million to teams led by BAE System, Babcock, and Atlas Elektronik UK to fund the next stage of their plans. The government plans to announce a preferred bidder for the design and manufacture of upward of five frigates at a cost of $1.57 billion by the end of…

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