| Hood wrote: |
Exactly, apdsmith.
Not forgetting the £100 million investment to make BAE's shipyards more 'efficient', a rather odd admission given these yards have just built parts for six destroyers and two aircraft carriers (unless these contracts were inefficient?). Given all auxiliaries now seem to be ordered more cheaply abroad BAE is basically only a niche warship supplier for the RN.
I also wonder if the T26 redesign will come within the original £859 million demonstration phase contract or whether additional payments will be required/ demanded.
The recent closure/mothballing of the only steel mill in the country capable of producing steels for submarines must have some serious impact on Successor unless the government plans on re-opening it for a special order? Buying aboard would seem unlikely given quality control issues in the past.
With respect though guys, I think "Long Term Planning" is an alien concept to ANY UK Government, of whatever political persuasion Not forgetting the £100 million investment to make BAE's shipyards more 'efficient', a rather odd admission given these yards have just built parts for six destroyers and two aircraft carriers (unless these contracts were inefficient?). Given all auxiliaries now seem to be ordered more cheaply abroad BAE is basically only a niche warship supplier for the RN.
I also wonder if the T26 redesign will come within the original £859 million demonstration phase contract or whether additional payments will be required/ demanded.
The recent closure/mothballing of the only steel mill in the country capable of producing steels for submarines must have some serious impact on Successor unless the government plans on re-opening it for a special order? Buying aboard would seem unlikely given quality control issues in the past.
