£2m submarine gas cylinder contract goes to CSC 17 January 2013

Sheffield-based Chesterfield Special Cylinders (CSC) has won the £2million contract to supply high-pressure gas cylinders for the Royal Navy's sixth Astute class nuclear submarine, HMS Agamemnon.

The submarine is currently under construction at Barrow-In-Furness by BAE Systems Submarine Solutions, and the order takes CSC's contracts for Astute subs to more than £12 million.

The company supplied gas and oxygen systems for the first two submarines (Astute and Ambush), now at sea, and the following three (Artful, Audacious and Anson), also being built by BAE Systems in Barrow. A seventh Astute, Ajax, is due to enter service in 2024.

The cylinders are part of the critical infrastructure, covering breathing gas storage, hydraulic and valve actuation backup, ballast operation and missile launch systems.

"This contract is testament to the strong, well-established relationship forged over many years between ourselves, BAE Systems and the Royal Navy," comments CSC sales manager Lee Lawrence.

"We have the strongest service team in our industry and serve the more complex requirements of customers who are outsourcing non-core functions," he adds.

BrianTinham

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