Hugel
The mistake Airbus Mil made is lack of risk assessment and management
Nothing new there then...
Re. joint procurement management team for Tornado and Typhoon: if I remember rightly, the two colocated teams for NAMMA and NEFMA merged a number of years ago...
Correct - became NETMA... From the Eurofighter site - Eurofighter Typhoon - NETMA
NETMA
The NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) is the prime customer for the Eurofighter Weapon System, in this unique four-nation programme.
NETMA replaces the former NATO Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) Development and Production Management Agency (NAMMA) and the NATO EFA Development Production and Logistics Management Agency (NEFMA), and is responsible for the joint development and production of the NATO European Fighter Aircraft and the NATO MRCA (Tornado).
...and from OCCAR - Welcome to occar
OCCAR
The Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'ARmement was established by an Administrative Arrangement on 12th November 1996 by the Defence Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Its aim is to provide more effective and efficient arrangements for the management of certain existing and future collaborative armament programmes
A lot of the people in NAMMA/NEFMA were not only co-located, they were the same people.