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February 15, 2007 · about 19 years ago

Lack of consolidation in UK naval shipbuilding sector delaying new orders

A failure to consolidate Britain’s ship and submarine building sectors is holding up orders manufacturers want from the government and may also delay final delivery of the navy’s planned aircraft carriers, a powerful commons committee warned. The Defence select committee said the delay on the final

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A failure to consolidate Britain’s ship and submarine building sectors is holding up orders manufacturers want from the government and may also delay final delivery of the navy’s planned aircraft carriers, a powerful commons committee warned.

The Defence select committee said the delay on the final investment decision to build the the carriers could also leave a ‘capability gap which could both be damaging to the country and expensive to deal with’.

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