BAE Systems Submarines
54°06′36″N 3°14′11″W / 54.11000°N 3.23639°W
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Defence Shipbuilding Marine engineering |
| Founded | March 2003 |
| Headquarters | , England, UK |
Key people | John Hudson (Managing Director) |
| Products | Submarines |
| Services | Submarine design Submarine support |
Number of employees | Approximately 5,100 |
| Parent | BAE Systems |
| Website | www.baesystems.com |
BAE Systems Submarine Solutions is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, based in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and is responsible for the development and production of submarines.
It operates one of the few Shipyards in the world capable of building nuclear submarines, which has constructed all of the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarines since the commissioning of HMS Dreadnaught in 1963. The Barrow-in-Furness shipyard has also been building submarines since the Holland class submarine first entered service with the Royal Navy in 1903.
The Shipyard was formerly operated by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering (VSEL). Upon creation of BAE Systems in 1999, the submarine division became part of BAE Systems Marine. In 2003 the latter was split into BAE Systems Submarines and BAE Systems Naval Ships. As part of BAE Systems Marine, the yard also constructed surface ships, such as the Albion class landing platform docks.
Since its completion in 1986, submarines at Barrow are constructed inside the Devonshire Dock Hall.
The company is currently constructing the Astute class submarine, a new generation nuclear attack submarine (SSN) for the Royal Navy, the first of which was launched on 8 June 2007[1]. The order for the initial batch of three ships was placed in 1997, with Marconi Marine (VSEL), which was absorbed into BAE Systems in 1999. BAE Systems Submarine Solutions is also currently studying the design of a new class of ballistic missile submarines.
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