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09/03/2010
CMC Program to Define Future SSBN Launchers for UK, USA

GDEB gets $26.3 million order for CMC prototype materials.


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09/03/2010
General Dynamics Awarded $26 Million by U.S. Navy for Common Missile Compartment Work

General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $26.3 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy to continue procurement of prototype material as well as manufacturing and testing activities for the Common Missile Compartment, which is under development for the U.S. Ohio-class replacement submarine and for the United Kingdom's Successor ballistic-missile submarine.


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09/03/2010
Nuclear options

Engineers have their eyes on Barrow’s next project: the successor to the Vanguard class submarines, which carry Britain’s Trident nuclear missiles.


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08/03/2010
Defence Industry NW 2010 Conference Chariman's Speech

Speech given by Terry Waiting, Chairnman of the Keep Our Future Afloat Campaign at the Defence Industry NW 2010 Conference held in Manchester on 5 March 2010


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23/02/2010
Minister to address defence industry conference in Manchester

Government minister Quentin Davies is to address a conference for companies in the defence industry in Manchester next week.


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23/02/2010
Love Enterprise - Defence in the NW

The future of the defence industry in north west England is going to be a key issue over the next few months and years and its profile will be at the top of the political agenda in the north west in two weeks time.


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23/02/2010
KOFAC Press Release - Defence Minister to address Defence Industry NW 2010 Conference

Quentin Davies MP, the Minister for Defence Equipment and Support at the Ministry of Defence will be the main speaker at the Defence Industry NW 2010 Conference being held in Manchester at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Manchester Airport on 5th March 2010.


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08/02/2010
200 apprenticeships at BAE

BAE Systems, the UK’s biggest manufacturer, has launched its new apprentice recruitment campaign, which aims to place 200 apprentices across the UK.


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08/02/2010
U.K. Sets Strategy Against Program Costs, Delays

Britain's Ministry of Defence will act to reduce spiraling growth in program costs and delivery delays, which the National Audit Office estimated cost 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) in 2008-09 for the department's 15 biggest programs alone.


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21/01/2010
The future of the Army and the Navy

Various media outlets have reported on speeches given by First Sea Lord (1SL), Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, today, and Chief of the General Staff (CGS), General Sir David Richards, yesterday, comparing their visions of future defence requirements. Some reports have suggested that the speeches reveal a rift between the Services on the subjects of balance and flexibility of forces, and what threats we are likely to face. The speeches in fact share much common ground, with the two chiefs agreeing on a number of issues from their individual perspectives.


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