MoD Pay £1.1m for the advice to sell Harrier

The media, including the Telegraph, London Evening Standard and Mail are today reporting that consultants were paid £1.1m to provide 'commercial advice' to the MoD to cut the Harriers and sell them to the States. A MoD spokesman said: "The amount spent on the necessary commercial advice represents just 0.1% of the total £1bn savings made from the sale and early retirement of the Harrier...More information »

Harrier Fleet Sale to US goes Through

The MoD has sold its fleet of Harrier aircraft to the US for $180m. Peter Luff, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology said: "Harrier served this country with great distinction, but retiring it eight years earlier than planned was the right decision. Had we taken the decision to decommission Tornado instead we would not have been able to carry out the missions simultaneously in Libya and Afghanistan...More information »

All 74 Harriers to the sold to the United States

It is understood the US government is finalising a deal with the MoD to purchase all 74 of the UK's decommissioned Harriers together with their spare parts currently 'mothballed' at RAF Cottesmore. A MoD spokesman has confirmed the department is working on a deal with the US with regard to the 'sale of Harrier assets', but said it would be 'inappropriate to comment further...More information »