US defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems announced Lockheed Martin and Saab Australia as joint combat systems integrators on the Royal Navy’s $35bn frigate programme the firm was working on. It selected the two against a rival bid from UK company Raytheon which had already carried out similar combat system integration on the Air Warfare Destroyer project. BAE said Lockheed and Saab offered expertise to complement its own. The Hunter class frigates are due to be built from 2022 and BAE said work was ahead of schedule.
UK defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems announced Lockheed Martin and Saab Australia as joint combat systems integrators on the Royal Navy’s $35bn frigate programme the firm was working on. It selected the two against a rival bid from US company Raytheon which had already carried out similar combat system integration on the Air Warfare Destroyer project. BAE said Lockheed and Saab offered expertise to complement its own. The Hunter class frigates are due to be built from 2022 and BAE said work was ahead of schedule.