The primary reason our shipbuilding is so inefficient is that we have hardly built any ships for two decades. Either we invest for the longer term, or we give up. The T26 is an opportunity to do the … (View Post)

Something won't come along. It's quite simple; we're staring at a once in a generation opportunity for defence businesses, and we've already missed the starting gun. (View Post)

5.5% for twenty year borrowing. EU countries can borrow from the defence loan facility for thirty or forty years. (View Post)

That is also true, and likely the only way that the UK government can start to square the funding circle is to chuck some programs in the bin. The problem is that there aren't enough things that… (View Post)

I wonder if he'll get around to announcing funding for the defence review ? It's been nearly a year now, and some UK defence contractors, particularly the smaller businesses, are planning t… (View Post)