DTR should be declared dead

Qinetiq falls on concerns about defence outlook
guardian.co.uk - UK
We believe the risk relating to the DTR contract is now too high to warrant a more positive stance." The fall in Qinetiq has contributed to a 101.1 point ...
I guess they will sell this to anyone? Crazy!

Selling off the defence of UK to USA?

Guardian 20th Dec 2008

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/20/british-nuclear-fuels-sells-awe-management-stake

Independent 20th Dec 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-secret-nuclear-selloff-storm-1204979.html

Telegraph 20th Dec 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3854008/Britain-sells-stake-in-Atomic-Weapons-Establishment.html

Britains Defence: all at sea

Britain’s defence: all at sea

Paul Rogers The real military argument is about purpose not size

Paul Rogers is Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and is openDemocracy’s International Security Editor. A consultant to the Oxford Research Group, the second edition of his book Losing Control has just been published by Pluto Press.

BAE Systems and defence equipment news!

Joint intentions

DEFENCE EQUIPMENT & Support and BAE Systems have underpinned their relationship with the signing of a new partnering arrangement. The agreement reinforces the Defence Industrial Strategy’s key requirement of providing the UK’s armed forces with the capabilities they require, at the best value for money and from a sustainable industrial base.

Preview - August 2007
BAE Systems’
MoD tie-up
THE MOD has 785 separate
direct contracts with BAE
Systems, figures revealed in
Parliament show.
The number excludes
small-value local purchase
orders, contracts placed
for other nations and other
government departments and
those where BAE Systems is
a subcontractor or a member
of an industry consortium.
The combined value of the
contracts, as at June 8, 2007
was £24,893M.