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Old 17th Dec 2015, 07:32
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The military haven't ordered more, the politicians have added more to help out LM, there's a difference.

The reluctance of the military is that they know all the early airframes will, inevitably, have to go back for extensive modifications as further changes are made to the design as testing continues. More probably they'll end up at AMARC wrapped in preservative. Which is why they've been fighting off the ramp-up to full production.
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