PROVEN SUBMARINE SUSTAINMENT EXPERIENCE

International expertise supporting the South African programme

Babcock's work in South Africa is backed by extensive international submarine sustainment experience.

In the United Kingdom, Babcock plays a central role in sustaining the Royal Navy's entire submarine fleet, providing specialist engineering, maintenance, refit and through-life support for the Vanguard and Astute classes of nuclear-powered submarines.

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In Canada, Babcock has supported the Royal Canadian Navy's Victoria-class submarines for more than 18 years. Through the Victoria In-Service Support programme, Babcock provides specialist engineering, platform knowledge and sustainment expertise.

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This international experience is being applied to the South African programme, bringing specialist submarine knowledge together with Babcock's established local engineering capability.

SUPPORTING A CRITICAL NAVAL PROGRAMME

Specialist engineering applied to a South African requirement

The work at Simon’s Town forms part of the wider programme of activity on SAS Charlotte Maxeke and SAS Queen Modjadji I. By establishing a clearer understanding of the condition, configuration and engineering requirements of the vessels, Babcock’s work provides technical information to support the planning and progression of subsequent programme activity. The programme also brings specialist international submarine experience directly into the South African engineering environment, with international specialists and local engineers working together on a defined customer requirement. For Babcock, the contract marks its entry into the South African defence sector and demonstrates how international specialist expertise can be combined with established local engineering capability to support complex defence assets in South Africa.