Originally Posted by
Asturias56
On combat air matters, the decision to slow the pace of F-35 deliveries was revealed by Paul Livingston, chief executive of Lockheed Martin UK.
“Just to be clear it’s not our deliveries that are slipping, it’s when the MoD are choosing to take their options in those [current] production lots,” he said. “That has been a change.”
Same happened on Apache, due to PFI'ing the sim, causing it to be years late. MoD asked (demanded) Westland cut delivery rate in half, at nil cost. The knock-on effect on other programmes (Lynx, Merlin, etc.) would have been catastrophic, and they politely refused.
Do you think the committee regrets inviting LM? They probably thought, we'll make a name here and give the company rocks. Looking forward to MoD's reply.