U.K. May Alter Warship Timetable to Save Jobs at BAE Shipyards

BAE Systems Plc and the British government are in talks to adjust warship manufacturing to avoid disruptions from reducing levels of work, according to Bernard Gray, the U.K.’s chief of defense material.

The timing of the shipbuilding already included in the government’s equipment plan could be adjusted, Gray said yesterday at the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London.

“Our aim, of course, is not to form some gap where nothing happens but to have a successful transition,” he said.

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