UK's Future Fleet Solid Support vessels completes CDR milestone and ready for manufacture

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is a step closer to receiving highly capable new support ships following successful completion of the Fleet Solid Support FSS programme’s Critical Design Review CDR. This programme enables British teams to work alongside their Spanish counterparts, learning advanced shipbuilding techniques and processes that will be implemented in the UK yards. The programme now moves towards cutting the first steel and beginning ship assembly later this year. In April 2024, the MOD stated that some design work was still ongoing and construction of the first ship is due to begin in 2025.