RAF Tornado contract secures 600 UK jobs
1 May 2014 03:09 PM
A £125 million MOD
contract to maintain, repair and upgrade the RAF's Tornado fast jets has
secured more than 600 British engineering jobs.
Highly-skilled work will be
carried out on the Tornado
GR4 fleet to ensure they are ready to support operations over the next
5 years, as they have done in Afghanistan and Libya.
The work will take place
at RAF Marham in Norfolk, RAF Lossiemouth in
Scotland, RAF Leeming in Yorkshire and at BAE Systems sites in Warton
and Samlesbury.
The revised contract
with BAE Systems will
result in savings of up to £90 million for the UK taxpayer compared to
the original agreement. The savings are on top of £1.3 billion already
delivered by MOD and BAE Systems since the start of the original
contract in 2006.
Full Article, photos and related links