Babcock International

Babcock International is a FTSE 100 defence, aerospace and security company with more than 26,000 employees and over 130 years of engineering history dating back to its founding in 1891. Listed in London and trusted by governments and key industry organisations worldwide, it is one of the UK's leading defence contractors, working across four core sectors: Marine, Nuclear, Land and Aviation. Its operations span the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa.

The company provides through-life technical and engineering support and product solutions designed to enhance defence capabilities and national security infrastructure. Its activities cover engineering, defence technology, aerospace, nuclear engineering, marine engineering, military satellite communications, through-life asset support and integrated systems. Babcock operates Skynet, the military satellite communications system used for UK defence, and delivers end-to-end integrated solutions that keep critical infrastructure operational and secure.

Central to the business is through-life technical and engineering support for customers' assets, targeted at measurable improvements in performance, availability and programme cost. The company describes its approach as combining deep technical expertise with an end-to-end vision, and a commitment to engineering excellence and innovation.