Go-ahead for CVF

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The Ministry of Defence has announced it is ready to go-ahead with a contract for two new future aircraft carriers (CVF). VT and BAE Systems will now finalise the arrangements for a joint venture, which will help build the carriers.

The carriers, to be named HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, will be the biggest and most powerful surface warships ever constructed in the UK. Once they enter service in 2014 and 2016 respectively they are expected to remain in the fleet for up to fifty years.

Defence secretary Des Browne said: ‘The two aircraft carriers will provide our front line forces with the modern, world-class capabilities they will need over the coming decades. They will support peace-keeping and conflict prevention as well as our strategic operational priorities.’

The joint venture will combine the shipbuilding and naval support business and follows a framework agreement signed by VT and BAE Systems in July 2007.

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