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I think you will find it now comes with a free tulip called Nigel!...
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yes the bit they couldn't privatise became DSTL and the rest (majority of it) rolled into Qinetiq....
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We have a history of selling off/privatising/outsourcing "government scientific/technology assets". It has been going on since the 1990's. DERA to Qinetiq is the most famous one i think but there have been several others. Some successful some frightfully less so.
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