13/01/2009
The Engineer Nuclear options
The Devonshire Dock Hall, cavernous centrepiece of BAE Systems' Barrow-in-Furness shipyard, is a noisy place. There's a constant whine and rattle of machinery and the unceasing back-and-forth of factory vehicles. By the sea doors at the end of the hall sit the focus of much of this activity: two Astute class submarines, the Astute and the Ambush, each almost 100m long, and swarming with engineers.

18/08/2008
Non-Nuclear Warhead Urged for Trident Missile
A National Research Council blue-ribbon panel of defense experts is recommending development and testing of a to give the president an alternative to using nuclear weapons for a prompt strike anywhere in the world.

18/08/2008
Artful dodges its way to DDH
A VERY special delivery made its way to Devonshire Dock Hall yesterday. (NW Evening Mail, 16 August 2008)

07/07/2008
New ship hall to change Barrow's skyline
IT's big. You'll see it on the skyline. It's costing ₤40m and its time has come JOHN SIMPSON talks to the project manager behind the "Son of DDH", the new state of the art shipbuilding hall which will soon be rising at Barrow shipyard. (NW Evening Mail, 4 July 2008)

01/07/2008
Rosalind wins top award
A WOMAN “trailblazer” who helps BAE teams to build nuclear powered submarines more efficiently has won a top national award.

10/01/2008
UK GOVERNMENT’S NUCLEAR POWER COMMITMENT WELCOMED BY SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY TRADE UNIONS
The Government's decision to proceed with a programme of nuclear power stations within the UK was today welcomed by the trade unions led Keep our Future Afloat Campaign.

05/11/2007
Astute submarine undergoes first underwater test
The Royal Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear submarine, Astute, took her first dive for an underwater test of her systems on 30 and 31 October 2007.

11/10/2007
UK chancellor confirms rise in defence spending
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has confirmed predicted increases in defence spending over the next few years and reiterated defence commitments already made, in the UK government's 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).

08/05/2007
Alien submarine breaks technical barriers
By Brian Milligan Business reporter, BBC News, Barrow, Cumbria

30/04/2007
BAE poised to pull out of Devonport
BAE Systems, Britain's largest defence contractor, is likely to walk away from the bidding for the Devonport submarine yard near Plymouth ahead of this week's deadline to submit final offers. Sunday Telegraph 28 April 2007