LONDON (Reuters) - The government will award a key army contract to U.S. firm General Dynamics
The first phase of the 4 billion pounds contract to build armoured reconnaissance vehicles will be announced on Monday, the newspaper said.
BAE had put forward a jobs creation package in an attempt last week to secure the deal.
The Ministry of Defence said only that "an announcement would be made in due course."
General Dynamics UK could not immediately be reached for comment.
(Reporting by Rosalba O'Brien)
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