Babcock is the major industrial support partner to the Royal Navy. We also provide equipment and services to the US Navy and Coastguard, the Canadian Navy, the Australian Navy, the Spanish Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy.
As the UK’s leading naval support business, Babcock plays a unique role supporting the Royal Navy. The company is a strategic partner and key naval engineering and support provider, working closely with the Ministry of Defence and Royal Navy to improve efficiency, reduce infrastructure costs and increase service availability of the submarine and surface ship fleets, to meet the operational needs of the Royal Navy, today and in the future.
Key activities include base porting, refitting, refuelling and decommissioning submarines; maintaining and refitting warships; building the next generation aircraft carriers; maintaining naval bases; and providing equipment support and training; while the company’s Integrated Technology business unit brings together engineering, design, systems integration and platform management capabilities.
Babcock has a long term partnering agreement with the Royal Navy’s training organisation, delivering bespoke training solutions, facilities management and construction services as well as offering customers around the world unrivalled access to the Navy’s extensive training expertise and facilities. Click here to find out more.
Babcock is a leading provider of critical communications services in support of all three Armed Forces. Through the operation and maintenance of the UK MOD’s high frequency and very low frequency defence communications facilities, Babcock ensures continued and improved communications in support of the front line. In addition, Babcock’s expertise enables the design, integration and support of information communications technology (ICT) as well as the manufacture of specialist communication vehicle conversions.
Services provided to overseas navies are described in the International Market section of this website.