HMS Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth are go

[Dave Wooley]

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.

[Avery Boyer]

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

[Jack Ray]

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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