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Robot welders deployed in race to build submarine-hunting frigates on time
BAE Systems has deployed the machines to a naval shipyard in Glasgow to weld metal panels ... stressed that the overall programme to build eight Type 26 frigates by 2035 remained on track.
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Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow will “test” the Clyde river for the first time
HMS Glasgow is ... milestone in the build of the Royal Navy's latest anti-submarine warfare frigate. ”This is the first of eight Type 26 frigates being built by BAE Systems in Glasgow.
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Five more Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy: HMS Glasgow to be delivered in mid 2020s
Defense manufacturer BAE Systems has been awarded a £4.2 billion contract to build the five warships, on top of the three already under construction. The Type 26 is designed for anti-submarine ...