LONDON, Nov 4 (Reuters)– Britain’s BAE Systems stated on Friday it had actually concurred with the UK federal government that the production of 8 brand-new anti-submarine battleships would certainly begin in the summer season of 2017, including that a last agreement was still being worked out.

Europe’s largest protection service provider stated in a declaration that the Type 26 program, the name offered to the brand-new battle ships which the federal government stated in 2015 it intended to get, assisted to safeguard work at its shipbuilding centers in Scotland.

Britain needs to day spent 1.9 billion extra pounds ($ 2.4 billion) in the brand-new ships yet has actually not yet authorized a last production bargain for the fleet of brand-new ships. BAE’s existing agreements for style as well as first supply chain job runs up until June 2017.

According to some price quotes, Britain is most likely to invest concerning 8 billion extra pounds on constructing the ships, yet the last worth is not yet understood.

“The UK government’s commitment today will secure hundreds of high-skilled shipbuilding jobs on the Clyde for at least two decades and hundreds more in the supply chain across Britain,” stated British Defence Minister Michael Fallon, that saw the shipyard in the Scottish city of Glasgow onFriday ($ 1 = 0.8007 extra pounds) (Reporting by Sarah Young; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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