The multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy's warship fleet is being buffeted by concerns about a potential conflict of interest involving the Halifax company that is leading the project.
Several industry representatives worried that Irving would give BAE and the Type 26 preferential treatment during the design competition because of their existing relationship.
"This is an outright conflict," said one industry source, who like the others did not want to be identified because of a clause in the design competition restricting what companies can say publicly.
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