§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list all research contracts his Department has with universities in the United Kingdom and with Marconi in relation to the strategic defence initiative.
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§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe information is as follows:
a. United Kingdom Universities
None.
b. Marconi
A number of SDI research awards (known as letters of offer and acceptance) have been placed on the Ministry of Defence by the United States Government. In turn the majority of the work in each of the study areas has been contracted to British companies by the Ministry of Defence. In this respect the Marconi Company Ltd. is under contract in the following studies:
- 1. European architecture study.
- 2. Battle management/comd., control and communications.
- 3. European test bed.
§ Mr. Campbell-Savoursasked the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts his Department has with Loughborough university for research; and into what subjects.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Ministry of Defence has 15 research agreements with Loughborough university covering a range of defence-related topics. It is up to the university itself to decide whether to make further information available.