Rolls-Royce Submarines is set to benefit from the thousands of jobs created by the agreement between the UK, US and Australia for a new generation of nuclear submarines.
The Derby-based engineering giant will build the reactors under the so-called AUKUS deal which will create, what Rishi Sunak said, “one of the most advanced” submarines “the world has ever known”.
Australia and the UK will both build the SSN-Aukus submarines which combine UK and US design and technology. After entering operation for the Royal Navy by the late 2030s they will go on to give Australia its first nuclear-powered capability as it seeks to counter an increase in Chinese military activities in the Pacific.
