The UK arm of defence giant Thales has won a £48m order from the Ministry of Defence to manufacture missiles at its Belfast factory.
The weapons system project, which is a precision strike missile for the Royal Navy, will see 60 of the site’s 450 staff undertake work with immediate effect. The weapon has been designed to be fired from a variety of land, sea and airborne platforms and will be used by the Royal Navy to defeat the…
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