A picture comparing the UK future carrier with other carriers. opswarfare has always [rightly or wrongly] believed that a LHD multipurpose amphibious assault ship is more useful than a pure aircraft carrier.

Army to get electronic warfare kit

Army to get electronic warfare kit
This is a pretty old article, but "project soothsayer" sounds like a very useful piece of equipment. Direction-finding equipment have mostly being off the limelight for obvious reasons [armed forces do not like to advertise their capabilities too much], but with the unyielding push towards network-centric warfare, this area of electronic warfare could reap benefits beyond the cost outlay for the equipment. Worth a closer look. opswarfare will be keen to research further.