U.K. Plans Review of Future Sub-Hunting Aircraft Needs Next Year
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The U.K. Ministry of Defence will make a first assessment next year of how to meet future maritime surveillance needs after the cancellation of the BAE Systems Plc Nimrod MRA4 patrol aircraft two years ago.
A study of airborne intelligence needs will deliver initial findings in April to the Military Capability Board, the ministry told Parliament’s defense committee. That will lead to some options being investigated further to decide before 2015 whether to initiate a formal program, it said.