UK agreement guarantees munitions supply
29 Aug 2008
A new £2 billion 15-year partnering agreement (with anticipated growth to more than £3 billion during the next 15 years) between the UK MoD and BAE Systems Land Systems Munitions guaranteeing the future supply of the Armed Forces’ small arms and medium calibre ammunition has been signed.
The new agreement with BAE Systems LSM covers around 80 per cent of the munitions used by the UK Armed Forces on operations and training and includes small arms and medium-calibre ammunition, mortar bombs, tank artillery and naval gun shells but not complex weapons such as guided missiles.
The arrangement, known as Munitions Acquisition - the Supply Solution (MASS), is initially for a 15-year period.
Some 1,700 jobs will be directly sustained by the deal, including 230 specialist munitions engineer posts.
BAE Systems has pledged to invest more than £120 million over the next five years to accelerate transformation of its munitions sites into modern, safer, highly automated, energy efficient, and flexible facilities.
MASS was signed on 20 August and will be implemented from October this year.
Guaranteed
The agreement covers around 80 per cent of munitions used by UK Armed Forces on operations and training.
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