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 "slug": "tkms-atlas-uk-royal-navy-next-generation-countermeasure-ngcm-submarine-torpedo-defence-udas-babcock-gbp-35-million-estimate",
 "title": "TKMS Atlas UK Wins the Royal Navy's Next Generation Countermeasure — Torpedo Defence for Current and Future Submarines",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/tkms-atlas-uk-royal-navy-next-generation-countermeasure-ngcm-submarine-torpedo-defence-udas-babcock-gbp-35-million-estimate/",
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 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-09-17T19:57:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-09-22T19:58:36.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinfrith, 17 September 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * TKMS Atlas UK, the British subsidiary of the Kiel naval group, said on 17 September that the Ministry of Defence has awarded it the Next Generation Countermeasure contract, \"a key element\" of the Royal Navy's Underwater Defensive Aids Suite programme\n * The work is a torpedo countermeasure system for \"current and future Royal Navy submarine platforms\", delivered by spiral development so that it can be upgraded in service\n * Babcock bring",
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