Good thing for Lockheed ...
that BAE was so greedy with the cats.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/10/f35_u_turn_idiocy/?page=2
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-18008171
BAE got its pound of flesh already. Now, thanks to the RN not wanting to admit they bought helicopter carriers, i.e. hot dogs at Beluga caviar prices, Lockeed will too.
See it all works out and the taxpayers and military get fleeced once again. Drinks all around, lads.
Oh, and remind me again what high altitude and extensive loiter-capable fixed wing aircraft will do AWACS duty on these ships?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
