Britain to slash F-35 orders? Erm, no, scoffs Lockheed UK boss
"F-35 maker Lockheed Martin’s UK chief has breezily dismissed the idea of Britain cutting the number of jets it is buying from the US firm.
Speaking to the Press Association, Peter Ruddock said he was “respectful” of the Ministry of Defence’s financial situation, which happens to include
a whopping great big black hole to the tune of £21bn.
But he didn’t believe the MoD would reduce its planned F-35 order, on the grounds that without the full order, Britain’s two new
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers would be left in a sticky situation.
“I think what we have seen in terms of the analysis that we are privy to, is that when the MoD has looked at what capabilities they need in the future, the F-35 rates very highly on that list,”
Ruddock, a retired RAF air marshal who is now chief exec of Lockheed Martin UK, told the "
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/14/lockheed_f35_uk_order_numbers/