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Firms win £91m ship contracts

bbc.co.uk
05-Jul-2008
        

Aircraft carriers are a vital part of the Royal Navy's fleet Seven UK firms have won contracts totalling £91.5m to build parts for the Navy's two new aircraft carriers. Corus, based in Scunthorpe, will get £65m to provide steel...

                   

Editorial: Empty vessel

guardian.co.uk
04-Jul-2008
        

Forty years ago the Royal Navy came up with a wheeze to persuade the government to buy a new fleet of aircraft carriers - it claimed that they were actually "through deck cruisers". The vessels, to be named after the Queen and...

Britain signs orders for huge warships

radionz.co.nz
04-Jul-2008
        

Published at 4:04pm on 4 July 2008 The British government has signed orders for two giant aircraft carriers, costing an estimated $10.5 billion. They will be the biggest Royal Navy warships ever built and will be capable of...

Defence chief hails aircraft carrier deal

ft.com
04-Jul-2008
        

By Sylvia Pfeifer, Defence Industries Correspondent BAE Systems and VT Group have won the lion's share of the £3bn manufacturing -contract signed yesterday to build the UK's biggest ever aircraft carriers. The two flagship...

                   
scotsman.com: Apprentices throw their hats in the air at the Govan shipyard scotsman.com

Carrier jobs joy but is cost too high?

scotsman.com
04-Jul-2008
        

Published Date: 04 July 2008 SCOTLAND celebrated its biggest ever defence boost yesterday as the contract for the UK's most powerful warships was signed after a decade of delays. Britain's two largest aircraft carriers – HMS...

Britain signs $8b aircraft carrier order

abc.net.au
03-Jul-2008
        

By ABC correspondent Stephanie Kennedy The British Government has signed an $8 billion contract to build two new aircraft carriers - the biggest the Royal Navy has ever had. The Government says the two new aircraft carriers are...

                   

£4bn MoD deal for giant aircraft carriers fuels concerns over defence spending

guardian.co.uk
03-Jul-2008
        

The government yesterday signed contracts for two aircraft carriers, the biggest ships ever built for the navy, in a move which raised new fears about the pressures on Britain's defence budget, for the army in particular. The...

                   
dailyrecord.co.uk: Computer generated image of the new aircraft carriers dailyrecord.co.uk

5000 Scots shipyard jobs saved as new super warship deal is signed

dailyrecord.co.uk
03-Jul-2008
        

Jul 4 2008 By Kevin Schofield and Tom Hamilton ALMOST 5000 Scots shipbuilding jobs were secured yesterday when the Government signed a £4billion contract for two Navy supercarriers. Much of the work on the 65,000-tonne ships...

Stand United

dailyrecord.co.uk
03-Jul-2008
        

SOME good news at last, courtesy of the £3billion-plus order for two super aircraft carriers. More than £1billion will be spent in Scotland by the Ministry of Defence and the Westminster Government, safeguarding 4600 jobs on...

UK inks deal for biggest-ever warships

thenews.com.pk
03-Jul-2008
        

LONDON: Defence chiefs signed a three billion pound contract on Thursday to build two aircraft carriers that will be the biggest warships in the Royal Navy’s history, the government said. Defence Secretary Des Browne said the...