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VT and BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defence contractor, plan to merge their shipbuilding operations into a new group to be called BVT Surface Fleet, which will have a 15-year naval building programme with the Ministry of Defence.

I hope this does not mean that it will take them 15 years to build one these new CVs.

Jack

I'll believe it when I see the video of her sliding into the water for the first time....

Still, looks pretty good! Lot better than the ships themselves look

According the the Daily Telegraph the two proposed carriers for the RN have been given the green light. .
Aircraft carrier contract weeks away, says VT
By Philip Aldrick
Last Updated: 12:51am BST 14/05/2008



The Government is just weeks away from rubber- stamping the long-awaited �4bn Royal Navy contract to build two aircraft carriers in a deal that will reshape Britain's shipbuilding industry, according to defence engineer VT Group.

After posting a 33pc increase in full-year pre-tax profits to �71.3m yesterday, VT chief executive Paul Lester said: "We have been told by the Government that the aircraft carrier programme is imminent. It is just a matter of weeks before we get the green light."

The carrier contract would be the foundation stone for a new "national military shipbuilding champion", Mr Lester added.

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VT and BAE Systems, Britain's biggest defence contractor, plan to merge their shipbuilding operations into a new group to be called BVT Surface Fleet, which will have a 15-year naval building programme with the Ministry of Defence.