It is perhaps unsurprising that in the world of British manufacturing the defence sector continues to be one of its most closely guarded frontiers – where few have ever ventured and the hackneyed trope, ‘If I told you then I’d have to kill you’, never seemed more appropriate.
Imagine then the surprise at The Manufacturer when we received an invitation to tour the manufacturing sites of what are generally held as the twin pillars of the British defence industry, normally very much off limits to the press. BAE Systems’ Sting Ray torpedo UK defence is oft cited as the ‘shining light’ in British…
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