Overview
- Factory Acceptance Tests for the Mission System finished in April 2025 and for the Combat System in June, marking a key contractual milestone.
- The validated systems now move to trials at the Shore Integration Facility before shipboard fit on HMS Venturer, the first of five ships under construction at Rosyth.
- TACTICOS will serve as the ships’ combat-operational core, handling sensor control, picture compilation, situation assessment, action support and weapon control.
- Thales cites automated, rule‑based identification and classification plus an AI core that can run in automatic, semi‑automatic or manual engagement modes.
- The £2 billion Type 31 programme is delivered by an international team with Babcock leading build at Rosyth, and the integration phase sets up sea trials later in the decade.