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DAMEN SHIPREPAIR AMSTERDAM READIES HNLMS EVERTSEN FOR VOYAGE TO JAPAN
After a six-week period of maintenance, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has this week handed the HNLMS Evertsen back to the Royal Netherlands Navy. The shipyard worked hard – together with its Dutch suppliers – to prepare the Air Defence and Command frigate for deployment on, among other things, the voyage of nearly 40,000 kilometres that she will soon be making to Japan together with the UK Carrier Strike Group.
HNLMS Evertsen is one of the four air defence and command frigates (LCF) of the De Zeven Provinciën class. Under the leadership of Damen Naval in Vlissingen, these advanced LCF frigates were built between 1998 and 2005 by the Dutch maritime industry. At the time, more than 80 percent of the production value was accounted for by Damen’s Dutch maritime suppliers, mostly SMEs, which underlines the self-creative capabilities of this sector.
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BAE Systems Secures $101M to Support UK’s F-35 Fleet Our Bureau 2096
RAF F-35 stealth jets
BAE Systems will lead a two-year $101 million agreement to bring enhanced maintenance and training services for the UK F-35 fleet.
Air Commodore Phil Brooker, Lightning Delivery Team Head, DE&S, said:
“This contract will ensure the continued support of the UK F-35 Lightning fleet, as the number of UK aircraft continues to grow and
we look forward to the first operational deployment of the aircraft onboard HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH this year.”
The F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) has agreed to a contractual agreement with Lockheed Martin to support operations at RAF Marham, with BAE Systems assigned as the on-site lead for industry. In this role, BAE Systems will lead a 170+ strong industry team to execute the two-year agreement valued at ~$101m (~ £76m) to enhance maintenance, mission planning and training services for the UK’s F-35 Lightning fleet based in Norfolk.