Royal Navy's Type 31 frigates to receive life rafts from Survitec
Babcock has signed a contract with the survival tech company for forty life rafts, which will be extended into 2028.
Source: shephardmedia.com
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Babcock has signed a contract with the survival tech company for forty life rafts, which will be extended into 2028.
The shipbuilder has blamed cost overruns for the Type 31 frigate deal on “material macroeconomic changes not foreseen at the time of contract inception."
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