BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions was a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, based at two shipyards on the River Clyde in Glasgow and BAE Systems' Filton offices. It was responsible for the company's surface surface warship design, build and support activities.
It was originally established as a purely surface shipbuilder, BAE Systems Naval Ships, from the split of BAE Systems Marine in 2003; before being renamed Surface Fleet Solutions in 2006, upon combination of BAE Systems' surface shipbuild interests with the naval division of BAE Systems Customer Solutions & Support.
On 1 July 2008 it was merged into BVT Surface Fleet, a joint venture between BAE Systems and Portsmouth-based VT Group, which subsequently became BAE Systems Surface Ships in 2009.
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