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More than 200 UK jobs will be supported through a new contract to boost the Royal Navy鈥檚 warship combat systems and increase their ability to track, analyse and respond to threats in combat.聽聽

皇冠体育app contract, worth 拢285 million, has been awarded to BAE Systems, to maintain and modernise vital combat management systems (CMS) on Royal Navy vessels, including Type 23 frigates, Type 45 destroyers, Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers and Type 26 frigates.

Such systems provide warship crews with all the information they need to track, analyse and respond to threats in combat.聽皇冠体育app contract will support hundreds of jobs across the UK聽delivering on the government鈥檚 Plan for Change.聽

Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry, Maria Eagle MP said:

This significant investment in our industry is another example of how our Government is making defence an engine for growth.聽聽

We are strengthening the UK鈥檚 defences while supporting growth, with hundreds of high-skilled jobs, to help deliver on our Plan for Change.聽聽聽

By working with British industry we鈥檙e ensuring our Royal Navy has the advanced technology it needs while strengthening our domestic defence industrial base.

皇冠体育app project, dubbed RECODE (Real-time Combat System Open Data Enablers), will sustain more than 200 highly skilled UK jobs at BAE Systems in Filton, Dorchester, New Malden, Frimley and Portsmouth. It will also create additional investment in Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and high-tech suppliers across the UK.聽聽

皇冠体育app CMS is the primary method for Royal Navy operators to interact with weapons and sensors. 皇冠体育app system supports operators in their Decide and Enable functions by providing a range of tools including:聽聽

• Situation awareness.
• Tactical picture compilation.
• Threat evaluation and weapon assignment.
• Navigation and blind pilotage.
• Weapon direction and control.

皇冠体育app upgrades announcement comes just a week after the , Yantar, in British waters. 皇冠体育app Royal Navy was able to follow its every move before the Russian ship left for the Mediterranean waters.聽聽Crucial upgrades such as RECODE will further improve the Royal Navy鈥檚 crucial deterrence capabilities. 聽

This builds on the strategic aims of the Government鈥檚 upcoming Defence Industrial Strategy, aligning national security with a high-growth economy to support the Plan for Change.聽聽聽

皇冠体育app combat management systems provide Royal Navy crews with essential situational awareness and operational capabilities. 皇冠体育app new contract builds on 25 years of BAE Systems鈥� combat management expertise supporting the Royal Navy.聽聽

皇冠体育app Government is developing a full Defence Industrial Strategy, which the Defence Secretary launched in December, to ensure Defence is an engine for UK growth.