The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) has provided an overview of the major shipbuilding programmes it expects to engage in between now and July 2025, according to a recent response to a question posed in the House of Lords.
The NSO has been involved in a range of shipbuilding projects, both formal and informal, and will continue its support in various capacities across several key programmes.
These include major projects within the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Navy, aimed at enhancing the UK’s naval capabilities.
The NSO’s involvement spans various stages of maturity for these programmes, including:
- Type 26 Build (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Type 31 Build (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Ministry of Defence Police Launches (Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Defence Police)
- Fleet Solid Support (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Defence Marine Services – Next Generation (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Type 31 Support (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Boats In-Service Support 2026 (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy; Army; Strategic Command)
- Naval Support Integrated Global Network (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Programme Euston (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Multi-Role Strike Ship (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Future Air Dominance System (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Commando Force – Surface Manoeuvre (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Future Military Data Gathering (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Mine Hunting Capability (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Strategic Sealift – Future (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
- Submarine Delivery Agency Roll-on, Roll-off (Ministry of Defence; Submarine Delivery Agency)
- Project Powerful (Ministry of Defence; Royal Navy)
“Submarine Delivery Agency Roll-on Roll-off” Pardon? Perhaps the conflation of two separate categories? Explanation requested.
As others have suggested, couldn’t Albion be used as the Bristol replacement (aka Project Powerful)?
Bristol was too big.
The Albions are vast by comparison.
T-32 void again. I’m starting to believe more and more that was nothing other than Boris mispronouncing T-31 mid speech and the Cons rolled with it for PR purposes.
Great report ,clear and well detailed
Really, ? i did not understand any of it, i must be thick
Multo role strike ship? Really?
Multi- typos everywhere
I also wondered if “strike” was an error or a deliberate change in emphasis.
Is it part of their anti copying efforts?
In that case, it’s making the article misleading and changing the meaning entirely.
Does seem to have been written late at night in a rush, though.
It’s not part of anti copying, nor has Lisa been engaging too closely with the Christmas spirit. It’s straight out of Lord Coaker’s reply.
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-11/hl3390