Stuff,
Thanks for the article.
THE TRUE cost of a hi-tech pilot training device that was never delivered to the RAF has risen to £12m, after red-faced defence ministers were finally forced to disclose the full amount of taxpayers’ money wasted on the botched project. Scotland on Sunday revealed last month that the Ministry of Defence had secretly paid an American company some 7m in compensation, despite the firm’s failure to meet a contract to build a human centrifuge to give fighter pilots vital training in handling "high G" forces during jet flights.
MoD chiefs pencilled in 1999 as the opening date for the facility, but cancelled the contract in 2001 after it became clear they had no chance of seeing the equipment delivered. A senior member of the defence committee last night warned ministers that the latest procurement fiasco would not go unnoticed at Westminster. "The most worrying thing is that they never seem to learn from big mistakes like this."
Why are those responsible for this c**kup not held to account. 20 years late on delivery and CAS pats himself on the back for a job well done! When will people be held to account for this waste of Public Money?