UK Ministry of Defence, Defence Secretary John Reid has announced a series of major developments in MoD's multi-billion pound programme to build a new class of aircraft carrier for Britain's Armed Forces today, 14 December 2005.
The key developments – which together will provide our Forces with the largest and most powerful warships ever constructed in the UK – include:
–The current carrier Alliance team of MoD, BAE Systems, Thales and KBR, is to be joined by VT Group and Babcock.
–Plans for the construction and assembly of the ships at Alliance members' yards have been agreed.
–MoD is to spend some
