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Sonobuoy Contract for Royal Navy Merlin Anti-Sub Force

The £40 million contract will boost sonobuoy stocks for the Royal Navy and NATO, ensuring sustained anti-submarine warfare capabilities amid rising operational demand, officials said.

The Royal Navy Merlin helicopter force is set to receive a major boost after the Ministry of Defence awarded a £40 million contract to Ultra Maritime to supply new sonobuoys. The contract focuses on equipping the Merlin Mk2 fleet with updated sonobuoys, a core component of the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine warfare toolkit. Sonobuoys act as expendable acoustic sensors, allowing aircraft to detect, track and monitor hostile submarines and other unde…

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Ultra Maritime has announced to have been awarded a contract of the value of 40 million pounds from the British Ministry of Defense (UK MoD) for the supply of boe sonar for the helicopter from patrol marine Merlin of the Royal Navy. This order is aimed to significantly strengthen the submarine surveillance and the strategy of cleanse of the United Kingdom in a historical moment in which the British waters are returned to being threatened....

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navylookout.com broke the news in on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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