2013 Report details for project: Queen Elizabeth Programme
| Project name | Queen Elizabeth Programme - there are 8 reports for this project: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
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| Organisation | MOD (D17) - see all reports for this organisation |
| Report year | 2013 (data is from September 2012) |
| Category | Military - see all reports for this category |
| Description: | The programme will deliver two Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft carriers, configured to operate Short Take-off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft. The carriers will form an integral part of the UK's Carrier Strike capability. |
| DCA (RAG) | Red |
| DCA text: | Assembly of HMS Queen Elizabeth at Rosyth is progressing well with over 38,000 tonnes of ship in the dock at Rosyth. The ship will be largely structurally complete by the end of this year and she will be floated-out next year. Construction of HMS Prince of Wales is also well underway, with all the lower block units in build and centre blocks 03 and 04. The RAG assessment is largely owing to ongoing re-baselining encompassing a wide range of factors (e.g. build strategy, implications of STOVL reversion decision) that need to be considered. Once this work has completed, the Department will seek re-approval of the programme in 2013. |
| Start date | 1998-12-01 |
| End date | 2018-12-01 |
| Schedule text | Project is currently being re-baselined and as a result we will be updating our previously agreed dates once this work has concluded. We expect Sea Trials for the first ship to begin in 2017, followed by Flying Trials with the Lightning II aircraft in 2018 and achievement of Initial Operating Capability in 2020. Dates will be confirmed as part of project re-approval in 2013. |
| Baseline | £657.72m |
| Forecast | £658.50m |
| Variance | 0.12% |
| Variance text: | Not required as variance is with +/- 5%. |
| Whole Life Cost | £0.00m |
| WLCost text: | |
| Notes1: | QEC Aircraft Carriers |
| Notes2: | |
| Sourcefile | MOD_2013.csv |
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