Sir Ben has previously said the Skynet deal was too important to hand to an overseas contractor - Wojtek Radwanski A £2bn deal to buy US satellites for the military would do "irreversible" damage to Britain's space industry, Sir Ben Wallace has warned. The former defence secretary urged Andy Burnham on Tuesday to block the Ministry of Defence (MoD) from awarding the Skynet 6A contract to US giant Lockheed Martin, the frontrunner in a competition. The satellites are currently built by Airbus UK in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and the company has warned that 3,000 highly skilled jobs could be at risk if it loses the work.
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