ROLLS-ROYCE AWARDED MISSION BAY HANDLING SYSTEM CONTRACT FOR TYPE 26 FRIGATES

Rolls-Royce announced that its Mission Bay Handling System (MBHS) was selected for Batch 2 of the UK Royal Navy’s Global Combat Ship variant, the Type 26 City-class frigate.

Rolls-Royce is the global leader in specialised naval handling systems. Our handling systems experts have been providing solutions to the naval industry for more than 35 years. Our MBHS offers an integrated solution for handling and stowing cargo, munitions, and unmanned and manned offboard craft.

This new contract brings the total number of MBHSs awarded for the Type 26 programme to eight, as the company was previously selected for three in the UK Royal Navy’s initial batch of frigates. The first complete system is scheduled for delivery later this summer.

The MBHS transforms a ship’s mission bay into a multi-purpose, flexible space allowing it to adapt to a variety of operational situations. It offers countless possibilities for ship operators - from storage of all types of cargo, munitions, and containerised mission modules, eliminating the need for a dockside crane. The precisely controlled hydraulic boom will efficiently and safely deploy and retrieve manned/unmanned surface vessels in challenging sea conditions up to sea state 6.