Oh dear oh dear. Can't tell talk from banter? Cheeeeel, Winston!
Of course Brutish industry has spawned excellent inventions and products in the past (Harrier, for example) - but it doesn't have an assumed place in the market without clear proof that its products meet either the specification or affordabilty criteria.
Couldn't agree more that procurement weenies often hide behind IWHIMTS (It Won't Happen In My Tour Syndrome) rather than being told that they're stuck with their project until they see it through to delivery. But then again, having just checked my diary for not
that many years ago, I see that ISD for FSTA should have been achieved in 2004. But now it's going to be what - 2013......?
How is industry ever to cope with procurement-prattishness like that without having to mark up its products to a considerable degree to see it through the lean years of MoD vacillation, delay and obfuscation?
Pedigree Chum? No thanks - Lassie Meaty Chunks are preferred. Ask any Lancastrian B&B landlady!
Tha' knows..
