LONDON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The British government needs to make a variety of changes to improve its military shipbuilding, an independent report to the U.K. Ministry of Defense says.
The report, authored by former Harland and Wolff shipbuilding group chairman Sir John Parker, contends vessels are being ordered too late, and are being kept in service too long. The paper also recommends defense procurement officials to spread contracts among more companies to cut down on build time.