Thales Glasgow wins £169m submarine defence contract

Thales Glasgow has been awarded a £169 million defense contract.

The order continues a 100 year old tradition: every Royal Navy submarine since 1917 has carried a Thales periscope or optronics mast made on the Clyde.

The site in Govan will manufacture integrated optronic combat system mast, the above water "eyes", for the future nuclear deterrent class Dreadnought.

The Dreadnought version continues the tradition and the wider programme, from design through to build, will sustain around 30,000 jobs across the UK and 150 in Glasgow.

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