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Sub-Contract Awards Continue For Royal Navy’s Aircraft Carriers

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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

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Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) this week said the construction of the Royal Navy's two future Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers continues to gain momentum with the announcement of about $117 million in equipment sub-contracts for several U.K. based companies. "The Aircraft Carrier Alliance has now placed sub-contracts for almost 40 percent of the total value of the materials and equipments required to build both ships, and we are pressing ahead into full scale production in the shipyards," Tony Graham, head…

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