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Thursday, August 02, 2012

Babcock delivers S-80 weapons handling equipment

S-80 class (artist impression)Babcock has this month delivered the weapons handling equipment for the first of class, new Spanish S-80 submarine under construction at Navantia’s Cartagena shipyard,marking a significant milestone in the project.

The handling equipment is a key component of the overall Weapons Handling and Launch System (WHLS) which Babcock has designed and is delivering for these submarines.

Babcock was contracted in 2006 to design and supply the WHLS (including four sets of weapon handling and launch equipment and a set of weapon embarkation equipment) for the four planned S-80 diesel/air-independent propulsion electric hybrid submarines, being built for the Armada Española (Spanish Navy) by Navantia.

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