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Friday, January 15, 2010

MoD says contracts show committed to carriers

Queen Elizabeth ClassThe Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded contracts worth more than 330 million pounds for the Royal Navy's planned two aircraft carriers on Thursday, saying it proved its commitment to the troubled project.

The new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, which will the largest and most powerful warships ever to be built in Britain, have suffered a series of delays, and a revised cost schedule is currently awaiting Treasury approval.

The MoD's five sub-contracts, for equipment and their assembly, were awarded to suppliers across the country, bringing the total in sub-contracts awarded so far to almost 1.1 billion pounds.

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