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Babcock

About Babcock International Group

Babcock International’s purpose, to create a safe and secure world, together, defines the company’s strategy. Delivered through their four Sectors, Babcock meets their customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support and critical systems to defence and civil markets.

Babcock provides through-life technical and engineering support for customers’ assets, delivering improvements in performance, availability and programme cost. Babcock delivers these critical services to defence and civil customers, including engineering support to naval, land, air and nuclear operations, frontline support, specialist training and asset management.

Babcock also designs and manufactures a range of defence and civil specialist equipment, from naval ship and weapons handling systems to liquid gas handling systems. In addition, Babcock provides integrated, technology-enabled solutions to their defence customers in areas such as secure communications, electronic warfare and air defence.

Technology priority areas

Undersea Battlespace

Technologies that enhance capability within the undersea domain, including:

Autonomy

Command and control software for autonomous systems
Operational analysis tools and software
Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs)
Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)

C5ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance)

Long-range underwater communications solutions
Undersea detection capabilities, including the detection of submarines, ships, UUVs and USVs

Capability at Scale

Technologies that support the delivery and countering of large numbers of uncrewed systems, including:

Effectors & Countermeasures

Low-cost counter-drone interceptors or missile solutions
Counter-UxS technologies across air, land, sea and subsea domains

C5ISR

Alternative Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions

Autonomy

Novel long-range propulsion technologies for uncrewed systems (for example, hydrogen-powered solutions)

Sustainable Power

Technologies that provide resilient and sustainable power at the point of need, supporting increasing demands in both military and civilian operating environments.

Babcock International Group representatives at the UK Defence Primes Supplier Day

Trevor Cayless

Director of International Government Relations, Babcock International Group

Trevor Cayless is the Group Director of International Government Relations at Babcock International, a role he has held since 2012. In this capacity, he manages the company’s engagement with diplomatic missions in London, UK embassies abroad, as well as trade and investment promotion agencies in Babcock’s countries of interest.

Before joining Babcock, Trevor had a career with the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office, serving in a variety of diplomatic roles across the globe. His postings included Zambia, Germany, Spain, Ireland, and the UK, where he held senior positions in trade and investment. Trevor lives in Farnborough and is married with two adult children.

Amerie Bailey

Group Supplier Relationship Management Lead, Babcock International Group

Amerie Bailey is Group Supplier Relationship Management Lead at Babcock International, where she owns the Supplier Relationship Management strategy, processes, tools, and governance that drives collaborative partnerships with strategic suppliers. Amerie is responsible for driving supplier performance, fostering innovation and creating long-term value across the defence supply chain.

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