Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Military Aircraft Manufacturing - May 8
Thursday, 9 May 2019 08:56
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Stuart
Andrew):...Other points were raised in the debate. There was the
issue that my hon. Friend mentioned to my right hon. Friend the
Member for Ludlow and the prosperity agenda. We are working closely
with four main businesses at the moment: BAE
Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo and MBDA. Recently, I was
pleased to attend a Team Tempest industry day, which over 150
companies attended so that they could get the briefs they needed
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
(Stuart Andrew):...Other points were raised in the debate.
There was the issue that my hon. Friend mentioned to my right hon.
Friend the Member for Ludlow and the prosperity agenda. We are
working closely with four main businesses at the moment: BAE
Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo and MBDA. Recently, I was
pleased to attend a Team Tempest industry day, which over 150
companies attended so that they could get the briefs they needed
and the capabilities and skills that will be required to facilitate
the next generation. The Tempest partners are now very actively
engaged with about a hundred of those companies. So that engagement
is happening and, as I have said, I hope we will be able to make
more announcements in the coming weeks...
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