If LM is indeed signing up for Performance Based Logistics (PBL), I wish them luck. They're going to need it. Boeing signed up for PBL on the C-17 and the first several years lost a bundle, as they expected. It took years to develop the database necessary to know which parts to purchase and stock and in what numbers to guarantee a certain level of C-17 fleet availability and during that time they lost lotsa money. But once they finally did build that database and could start making some money, the gov't changed the contract, which significantly reduced their ability to recoup their previous losses. LM's lawyers and contracts people will need to be at the top of their game if they're going to make any money on a PBL contract.