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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Carrier costs 'to rise by £500m'

Queen Elizabeth classThe overall cost of completing the two Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers is to rise by at least £500m due to the installation of catapult and arrestor equipment and changes to the flight deck, according to Defence Secretary Liam Fox

Fox said that estimates of the cost of the changes were "ranging upwards from £500m".

HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of the two carriers, had been due to launch in 2016, but the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) set out plans to delay the introduction of the carrier until 2020 and to include the 'cat and trap' system on the flight deck.

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