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Friday, March 26, 2010

Clyde yard wins £127m frigates design contract

Type 26 frigateClyde shipyard designers are to draw up plans for a new fleet of frigates that could help protect up to 4000 jobs at Scotstoun and Govan.

The Government will today award yard bosses at BAE Systems a £127million contract to draw up a working blueprint for ships that will replace the Royal Navy’s existing Type 22 and Type 23 fleets.

Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth will make a statement to the Commons and until then neither the Ministry of Defence or shipyard bosses were prepared to comment. It follows continuing negotiations involving the shipbuilder, unions, MoD and navy officers.

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