UK: MOD signs over Trident Nuke Arms Role to ABL Alliance [NotSoBreakingGeo] - MarketTicker Forums


	Detailed market commentary at The Market Ticker and Ticker Classics (The Year 2012 In Review) Donations accepted; we offer GOLD ACCESS for enhanced privileges. T-Shirts, caps, coffee mugs? Click here. BlogTalkRadio - Mondays at 3:30 Central - Yes, TickerGuy has a radio show (kinda) RSS available You are not signed on; if you are a visitor please register for a free account!

Posting in this area at this time is restricted; see the FAQ for our donor program.

Sponsored Advertising

To remove advertising from your display upgrade to Gold Donor status

MarketTicker Forums Read Message in NotSoBreakingGeo

User: Not logged on

User Info	UK: MOD signs over Trident Nuke Arms Role to ABL Alliance in forum [NotSoBreakingGeo]
Lplate Posts: 4737 Incept: 2008-08-06 Australia	edited title: Trident Nuclear Arms Role For Private Firms Quote: http://news.sky.com/story/966101/trident.... Saturday 28 July 2012 Private contractors are to take over the role of looking after the UK's nuclear weapons in Scotland. The Ministry of Defence has signed a 15-year contract with ABL Alliance to provide support for the Trident weapons system at HM Naval Base Clyde. Under the new contract 149 MoD civilian posts will transfer to the alliance. The jobs are in industrial and technical grades, warehousing and logistic support services, while supervisors and managers are also transferring. Thirty-nine Royal Navy posts will also be seconded to the alliance, which comprises AWE plc, Babcock and Lockheed Martin UK Strategic Systems (LMUKSS). The MoD said it decided in May 2011 that the most effective way to sustain the workforce in the future was to use an experienced supplier within the private sector. ABL Alliance will provide support to the Trident Strategic Weapon System at the Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) Coulport and the Strategic Weapon Support Building (SWSB) Faslane... 2012-07-30 08:30:38 Permalink