Two carriers; the right decision for MoD or industry?

Posted on 25 Oct 2010 by The Manufacturer

The second aircraft carrier has stolen the limelight, but has the SDSR demonstrated an adequate level of dialogue between government and industry? No, Will Stirling discovers.

Pictures of submarines and aircraft carriers have decorated newspapers recently. This weekend it was HMS Astute, perched embarrassingly on a silt bank in an Isle of Skye bay. Three days earlier, The Times led with a full page photo of an aircraft carrier, with the headline “HMS Ignominious”, in reference to the decision in the…

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