OREANDA-NEWS. BAE Systems has signed a £67 million contract with Morgan Sindall to extend its Devonshire Dock Hall to incorporate  new manufacturing and installation capabilities.  The facility hosts the construction of Astute class submarines and is where Successor will be integrated and tested.     

This development is part of an investment programme which includes a number of new facilities and refurbishment of existing buildings. The Central Yard Facility will stand 45m tall and work is well underway, with the first pieces of its steel structure now in place. A new 28,000m2 off-site logistics facility is also due to open later this year.

Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, said: “This infrastructure investment at BAE Systems in Barrow will help ensure our new Successor submarines are built efficiently.

“The Successor programme is a truly nationa undertaking, and this investment is another example of the Government’s commitment to maintaining the UK’s independent nuclear deterrent.”