{"id":72818,"date":"2016-07-28T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T10:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=67ebf268d575fcab19930cb58fc2322c"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T10:20:27","slug":"news-story-183-million-deal-for-new-gun-on-type-26-global-combat-ship-sustains-43-skilled-uk-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72818","title":{"rendered":"News story: \u00a3183 million deal for new gun on Type 26 Global Combat Ship sustains 43 skilled UK jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The Maritime Indirect Fire System (MIFS) will be integrated onto the Type 26 Global Combat Ships, currently being designed by BAE Systems. MIFS includes the 5-inch, 62-calibre Mark 45 Naval Gun System, which is already in service with other NATO nations, including the US and Spanish navies.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Our growing defence budget means we can invest in a cutting edge weapon system for the Royal Navy\u2019s next generation Global Combat Ship at the best value for taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Along with sustaining highly skilled jobs across the country, this new contract underlines our commitment and demonstrates continued momentum in the programme.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new contract covers the design and manufacture of the first three guns, as well as a training system and ammunition, and will sustain 43 skilled UK jobs.<\/p>\n<p>BAE Systems, Weapon Systems and Munitions, based in the US, will lead on the work to bring the weapons system into service, with subcontractor work being undertaken by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BAE Maritime Services Frimley &amp; Broad Oak to develop, supply and integrate MIFS gunfire control;<\/li>\n<li>BAE Munitions Glascoed, which is carrying out the UK ammunition qualification and;<\/li>\n<li>BAE Weapons Systems Barrow, which is supporting the UK equipment safety cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This type of cutting-edge gun is not currently manufactured in the UK, and the USA\u2019s BAE Systems, Weapon Systems and Munitions, offered a proven system at the best value for money solution for the UK taxpayer.<\/p>\n<p>Deliveries of the gun to the UK are expected to begin in 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has signed a \u00a3183 million contract for a weapons system which will sit on board the Royal Navy\u2019s new next generation Type 26 Global Combat Ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}