Babcock’s chief government is optimistic the corporate will safe additional orders for the Kind 31 frigate, and talks are ongoing with three nations who’re within the ship.
“We’re nonetheless optimistic about additional export orders,” CEO David Lockwood stated in an interview on Tuesday, including that he had a few visits to potential clients deliberate earlier than Christmas.
“Warships are at all times political so that they’re by no means carried out till they’re carried out.”
Babcock is constructing the Kind 31 frigate for Britain, and Poland and Indonesia have ordered vessels primarily based on the identical Arrowhead 140 design. Babcock has an settlement to assist Ukraine’s navy, whereas Greece has prior to now been seen as a possible buyer.
(Reuters – Reporting by Sarah Younger, Modifying by Paul Sandle)
