New Generation Attack Submarine for Blue Water Operations
The 1998 Strategic Defence Review reaffirmed the UK’s need for submarines – but with increasingly flexible capabilities. Astute’s role as an undersea hunter-killer relies on her being stealthier than her underwater environment. Astute will undertake a range of tasks including intelligence gathering and anti-submarine warfare.
The Need
Imagine the most hostile environment on Earth. The crushing black cold of the deepest ocean.
The Role
Astute is positioned as the UK’s most capable military asset and weapon of choice in the 21st century.
Astute vs HMS Holland
BAE Systems has been responsible for many technological breakthroughs of the last hundred years.
Fascinating Facts
When HMS Astute, HMS Ambush and HMS Artful enter service, they will be the largest and most powerful submarines in the history of the Royal Navy.
