£125m MoD investment secures 600 UK jobs on RAF Tornados
1 May 2014
More than 600 engineering jobs will be secured by a £125m Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to maintain, repair and upgrade the RAF’s Tornado fast jets.
Thu, 1 May 2014More than 600 engineering jobs will be secured by a £125m Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract to maintain, repair and upgrade the RAF’s Tornado fast jets.
Highly-skilled work will be carried out on the planes to ensure they are ready to support operations over the next five years, as they have done in Afghanistan and Libya.
The contract with BAE Systems, which will deliver savings of up to £90m for the taxpayer compared to the original agreement, will involve work at RAF Marham in Norfolk, RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, RAF Leeming inYorkshire and at BAE System sites in Warton and Samlesbury.
Highly-skilled work will be carried out on the planes to ensure they are ready to support operations over the next five years, as they have done in Afghanistan and Libya.
The contract with BAE Systems, which will deliver savings of up to £90m for the taxpayer compared to the original agreement, will involve work at RAF Marham in Norfolk, RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, RAF Leeming inYorkshire and at BAE System sites in Warton and Samlesbury.
