Defence groups urge France-UK tie-up
By Carola Hoyos, James Blitz and George Parker
Published: November 1 2010 23:10 |
Last updated: November 1 2010 23:44
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Leading defence contractors in Britain and France want Tuesday’s summit between David Cameron, the UK premier, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, to boost bilateral industrial collaboration to help create a new generation of unmanned surveillance and combat aircraft programmes.
As the leaders prepare for a London summit that will focus largely on defence, the chief executives of BAE Systems and Dassault have written to both leaders, saying industrial collaboration is essential if both countries are to develop the aircraft.
Tuesday’s summit will see Britain and France engage in an unprecedented degree of co-operation on military deployments, with both states co-ordinating the refits of their future aircraft carriers so that one is always at sea. But the summit is also set to boost collaboration between the French and British defence industries in military research and technology, where both account for 70 per cent of all European Union spending.
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