The Americans seem to be getting their act together...
19:07 17Apr09 RTRS-PENTAGON-DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY ON POSSIBLE MULTIYEAR PURCHASE OF LOCKHEED F-35 FIGHTERS FROM 2015 ON
19:37 17Apr09 RTRS-Pentagon eyes multiyear buys of F-35s from 2015
WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) - The Pentagon hopes to pursue multiyear purchase agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp <LMT.N> for its new F-35 Joint Strike Fighters around 2015, chief arms buyer John Young said on Friday.
Young said the department was keen to sign such agreements once production of a new weapon had stabilized and any production issues had been worked out.
He said no "urgent, compelling" multiyear agreements for other weapons systems presented themselves during the fiscal 2010 budget process, but the Pentagon would revisit the issue again when preparing the fiscal 2011 budget.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa) ((
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