# BAE Systems awards 14 firms contracts for Type 26 warship equipment

BAE Systems has awarded 14 companies contracts to deliver manufacturing materials for the first three Type 26 warships, supporting approximately 550 UK jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-07-13
- Where: United Kingdom
- Jobs: 550
- Status: announced
- Products: sonar domes, towed array systems, structural steel, Artisan Radar 997
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Babcock](https://endata.com/companies/1217.md) (supplier)
- [BAE Systems](https://endata.com/companies/4538.md) (customer)
- [DESMI](https://endata.com/companies/9383.md) (supplier)
- [Thales](https://endata.com/companies/16630.md) (supplier)
- [Rohde & Schwarz](https://endata.com/companies/25530.md) (supplier)
- [Tods Defence](https://endata.com/companies/25588.md) (supplier)
- [Dent Steel Services](https://endata.com/companies/25589.md) (supplier)
- [Aeronautical & General Instruments](https://endata.com/companies/25590.md) (supplier)
- [Cathelco](https://endata.com/companies/25591.md) (supplier)
- [DCNS](https://endata.com/companies/25592.md) (supplier)
- [Ernest West and Beynon](https://endata.com/companies/25593.md) (supplier)
- [MacTaggart Scott](https://endata.com/companies/25594.md) (supplier)
- [MSI Defence Systems](https://endata.com/companies/25595.md) (supplier)
- [Renold](https://endata.com/companies/25596.md) (supplier)
- [Sauer Compressors UK](https://endata.com/companies/25597.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [executivebiz.com](https://www.executivebiz.com/articles/bae-taps-14-firms-for-type-26-warship-manufacturing-equipment-supply-contracts), 2017-07-13: "BAE Systems has awarded 14 companies contracts to deliver manufacturing materials to support production work on the first three ships."

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