The second iteration of the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS) is due to be published soon.
The Johnson government has already made a commitment to double spending on shipbuilding in the next 10 years, averaging £1.7Bn a year.
NSbS II looks set to be expanded with a programme that outlines work for the next 30-years.
At the core of the NSbS is the intention to build ships to a regular drumbeat, breaking the disastrous boom and bust cycle that has plagued the industry in the last few decades.