Defence Minister returns to Chelmsford to announce £18m contract to support Royal Navy radar systems
(WorldNews Africa)

The contract will ensure the continued availability of the battle-winning Long Range Radar (LRR) equipment on the UK`s six Type 45 Destroyers, including maintenance and repairs. The work will sustain 11 highly-skilled jobs with BAE Systems in Chelmsford, as well as four in Portsmouth. The announcement was particularly personal to the Defence Minister, who had her first ever work experience placement at Marconi in Chelmsford at the age of fifteen, with the expertise in radar technology from that site still evident...