UK moves out on CV contstruction

July 4, 2008 by Dagpotter · Comment
Filed under: BAE Systems, Contract Awards, England, IT, development program, production program 

The UK government, fresh off of awarding the construction contract for the two new aircraft carriers, has now awarded a second major one related to the effort. BAE has been awarded a contract to develop the IT backbone for the ships. See this article for more. This over $500 M contract will develop the system that integrates everything on the ship. Sure to be key as one of the goals of the new design must be to minimize crew size.

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Britain signs CV contract

July 1, 2008 by Dagpotter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Contract Awards, England, Scotland, VT Group, production program 

The British Ministry of Defense signed the contract with the VT Group to build the two new aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy. See an article here. Previous reports had the Scottish government worried that Britain might renege on the deal due to differences with the emerging nationalistic mood in Scotland. See a post here. The total contract value is about $7.5 B with as always with these kind of programs the chance to go higher.

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