HC Deb 26 January 1988 vol 126 c190W
Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to be able to authorise the Blue Vixen radar programme into full development and production.

Mr. Sainsbury

The contract for development and producion of the Blue Vixen radar was signed in October 1984.

Mr. Dykes

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what slippages have occured in the Blue Vixen radar development programme.

Mr. Sainsbury

Nineteen months from the schedule established at the start of the project in June 1983.