Thursday, October 6, 2011

F-35 program's "business plan" vs. the real world

So what kind of language is used in the real world with companies that have to depend on customers instead of taxpayers to make them float?

Much more harsh. I pulled the quote below from an unnamed company profile to current and potential stockholders. It is a company that does about $3B in revenue per year.

"Any business not achieving clear steps towards these targets will be restructured or exited."

Will more SME's fall in the F-35 worldwide supply chain? If so, how many of them will be in Australia?

3 comments:

Graeme said...

The question that intrigues me is what happens to actual production of JSFs as holes begin to appear in the supply chain due to company failures.

I see a cascade effect where the supply chain erodes, leading to slower production, leading to fewer orders, leading to further supply chain issues, etc, etc, death spiral.

Anonymous said...

And for something well managed, look at Israel, posted exports of $7 billion last year.
No real relaince on such programs. R&D and a vision.

Anonymous said...

@ Graeme

If one was a foreign intelligence branch tasked with the mission to disrupt US's tactical aviation production and recapitalization efforts, one could not have done more harm to that end, no matter how many resources were allocated to such a task, than what 'staying the course' has done all on it's own. Very tragic indeed, the 'catastrophic Tacair implosion'.

Some at least have seen it coming, of course, but the lure and career payoff was probably just too insurmountable by those in the game to even whisper a peep about the consequences.