Everllence and Babcock Sign MoU to Advance the Arrowhead 140 Frigate Programme

Everllence and Babcock International Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening the delivery and future development of the Arrowhead frigate platform, with Everllence as the strategic partner for propulsion and power systems on future Arrowhead programmes.

The agreement was signed during Euronaval, the international naval defence and maritime security exhibition held in Paris. Signing for Babcock was Sir Nick Hine, Growth Director and CEO of the Marine division, while Everllence was represented by Lene Kragh, Karsten Bornemann, Benjamin Andres and Ruben Fernandez, who head various propulsion divisions at the German company.

Under the memorandum, both parties will evaluate new propulsion architectures, additional frigate variants and export opportunities, including naval requirements in Denmark — such as the Arctic Frigate project — and in other international markets. They will also examine maintenance and through-life support models that combine the industrial capabilities of the United Kingdom and Denmark.

Sir Nick Hine, of Babcock, noted that Arrowhead has established itself as one of the world's leading frigate designs and that the partnership with Everllence will enable customers to be offered industrial expertise, innovation and long-term support. For his part, Thomas Leander, of Everllence, stated that the agreement marks an important step in deepening the relationship between the two companies and that it will seek to identify new areas of cooperation for future naval capabilities.

The Arrowhead 140 is a modular frigate design developed by Babcock from Denmark's Iver Huitfeldt class, conceived as a flexible base platform that each navy can customise with its own weapons systems, sensors and propulsion. The design has already been selected for naval programmes in the United Kingdom, Poland and Indonesia, and the first of three Polish Miecznik-class frigates was recently launched to continue its outfitting.