In all this A400M imbroglio, it seems that things have been being handled, at least in this latest round of brinkmanship, on a direct contractor/government (MinDef & above) basis. Where then does this OCCAR thing fit in ?
Is it a set of MinDef minions from various lands who perhaps swap hats as their function changes from "OCCAR" to Ministerial rep. ?
And what was it doing as the programme costs rose and the timeline stretched out?
Seems like an ineffective multilingual quango ... But then as a total outsider, who am I to judge?
(Dons full body and head armour and retires to bunker).