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BAE Systems awarded £1.3B FMSP contracts April 5, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems will retain its key role supporting the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Naval Base as it secured two contracts as part of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) competition. The contracts, worth up to £1.3 billion ($1.8 million) over five years, will commence on 1 October 2021 following a transition period. As informed, BAE Systems will continue to deliver ship asset mana...

BAE Systems Secures UK’s £1.3B Future Maritime Support Project Our Bureau 1314 Portsmouth Naval Base BAE Systems will support the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Naval Base, with the company securing two contracts valued £1.3 billion as part of the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP) competition. The contracts, worth up to £1.3 billion over five years, will commence on 1 October 2021 following a transition period. BAE Systems will continue to deliver ship asset management, repair and maintenance for the entire Portsmouth flotilla under a £900 million con...

Clyde nuclear base workers to strike as row emerges over its future WORKERS at the Clyde nuclear base are set to strike after what a union said was "overwhelming" support for action in a pay and conditions dispute. Unite said its membership at the Coulport and Faslane naval bases on the Clyde are set to take part in rolling industrial action after a ballot of its 1000-strong membership. Babcock, which owns the Coulport and Faslane naval bases on the Clyde,  said it was "disappointed" by the decision. Unite members voted by 95% in support of strike action on an aggregated 65% turno...

'Excessive in the extreme': Union takes legal action over Clyde nuclear base 'political ban' LEGAL action is being taken against Clyde nuclear base owners over a 'ban' on political activity. Unite union leaders are angry over what they call an instruction by Babcock Marine made to its workforce that they should not be involved in any process which could be described as political ‘lobbying’. The concerns are that it may 'distort' the Ministry of Defence's new Future Maritime Support Programme (FMSP), which could be worth up to £200m to the bases. Babcock says that the ban relates...

TRADE union members at Faslane and Coulport naval bases are to hold a ballot for industrial action in a dispute over pay and bargaining rights with…