The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems a 10-year contract worth £270m to support the Royal Navy’s three main radar systems: Artisan, Sampson and Long Range Radar (LRR).Every major Royal Navy ship from Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers to Type 45 destroyers feature at least one of these systems, which BAE Systems designs and manufactures.The support contract and joint investment secures around 400 highly-skilled British jobs and underpins BAE Systems’ radar business in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth in Hampshire, Great Baddow in Essex and Hillend near Edinburgh.
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