Los incrementos en el coste de los portaaviones clase Queen Elizabeth y en el avión de combate Typhoon son los culpables del incremento de 3.300 millones de libras (5.300 millones de euros), según un informe de la oficina nacional de Auditoria (NAO), publicado días antes de que el Gobierno publique su informe sobre defensa para los próximos cuatro años.
Estos dos programas son los que más están bajo la amenaza de grandes recortes, para reducir la factura de defensa. Sin enmbarfo las decisiones del Ministerio de Defensa (MoD), han llevado a un excesivo incremento de coste, según la NAO.
La entrada en servicio del primer portaaviones se ha retrasado a 2016, y la del segundo a 2018, aunque se especula que tan solo uno de ellos sea utilizado para misiones de ataque, estando todavía en el aire el papel del segundo.
El incremento en el programa Typhoon se atribuye a la compra de 16 unidades Tranche 3A, que se habían suprimido en 2004. En julio de 2009, el MoD aprobó fondos adicionales por 2.700 millones de libras, aunque el informe especifica que no es solo esta la causa de la desviación en costes.
Reino Unido se comprometió a comprar 232 Typhoon, aunque los mas probable es que solamente se adquieran 160 unidades finalmente.
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Increases in the cost of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and the Typhoon combat aircraft programs are responsible for a 3.3 billion pound ($5.3 billion) rise in the cost of Britain's top 15 defense projects over 12 months, the government's National Audit Office (NAO) says in a report released Oct 15.
Publication of the NAO's Major Projects Report comes just days before the government is due to unveil its strategic defense and security review for the next four years.
The aircraft carrier and the Royal Air Force's fast jet fleets have been high on the list of programs considered for cuts as the government seeks to reduce Ministry of Defence spending as part of wider austerity measures.
MoD decisions aimed at balancing spending commitments to the actual budget have had the effect of driving up costs.
The report said that the program, in which a BAE-led team is building two 65,000-metric-ton aircraft carriers, had risen by 650 million pounds and the Typhoon program by an additional 2.7 billion pounds in the year ended March 2010.
Entry into service of the first carrier has been delayed by a year to 2016, and the second warship by two years to 2018.
The latest rumor is that the British will build both warships but use one in the strike role. How the other vessel is used and when remains a matter of speculation.
The Typhoon increase is attributed in part to the government having to find funds for buying 16 Tranche 3A aircraft, having deleted the budget line in 2004.
In July 2009, the MoD approved an additional 2.7 billion pounds of spending on Typhoon.
Other than the purchase of the Tranche 3A aircraft, it is not clear what the remaining cost increases relate to.
Britain originally committed to buying 232 Typhoons but is likely now to purchase just 160 machines.
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