F-35 Cancelled, then what ?

[Ivan Rogov]

J913. Acceptance of Business Appointments after leaving the Services. Sponsor: ACOS Pers Pol (RAF)
(1) The principles governing the acceptance of business appointments by officers of the Crown Services after leaving the Services are laid down in Command Paper 5517, an extract from which is reproduced in Appendix 17.
(2) Before accepting, within two years of leaving the Service, an offer of employment of a consultancy with a defence contractor or foreign government all officers must obtain the approval of the Ministry of Defence. An officer at or above the rank of Rear Admiral, Major General or Air Vice-Marshal must obtain approval to take up any paid employment, whether or not with a defence contractor or foreign government.
(3) This procedure is necessary to ensure that when an officer accepts outside employment there should be no cause for suspicion of impropriety. In particular the procedure is designed to allay public concern that the advice and decisions of an officer in Crown Service might have been influenced by the hope or expectation of future employment with a particular firm or organisation and to avoid the risk that such employers might be gaining an unfair advantage over competitors by employing an officer who has had access to commercial, technical or other information which those competitors could legitimately regard as their trade secrets. Most applications will be approved without condition, but waiting periods or other conditions may be imposed on those applications where there has been a close link between the applicant (when serving in the Armed Forces) and the proposed employer, or that company's competitors.
(4) Applications should be made on MoD Form BA42 which can be found in the Defence Intranet Library under Government Jobs as Business Appointment Form. Full details of contacts are shown on the form and queries should be addressed to, DGCP-HR Ops Industrial Relations, Main Building, Level 6 Zone N, Whitehall London, SW1A 2HB. It is essential that no appointments are accepted until formal approval has been obtained.

QR(RAF) 13-42 AL30/Jun 12
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Edit - Didn't someone call foul on the original SARH contract due to a recent RAF recruit on one of the teams (rightly or wrongly)?

Had a couple of JSF briefs by RAF personnel (admittedly not in the last few years) and they all came across as LM sales pitches with no impartiality, objectivity or honesty, it's a shame this program concentrated on politics rather than performance/capability/cost to secure it's future.

The US strategy of technological advantage (therefore it's Allies) is coming to an end in the near future, i.e: Pay more and get better tech V's Pay less and get more is becoming, Pay more and get the same or worse tech.

The battlespace is changing, look how quick Iraq was able to source aircraft and conduct Operations last year. Most nations won't need to own a 5th Gen aircraft as they could rent from RS or CH in the next 10 years within a week or two, especially for hard currency!