Finally, let me turn to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Year-to-date, performance in the flight test program is ahead of plan. On the conventional takeoff and landing aircraft, we are slightly ahead of plan for both the number of flights conducted and the number of test points earned. On the short takeoff and vertical landing aircraft, we are ahead of plan by about 60% on flights and about 22% on test points earned. And on the carrier variant, we're also ahead of plan by about 31% on flights and 32% on test points earned.
Contract negotiations continue on the Lot 5 program, with ongoing discussions between the customer and our F-35 team. We received our first counter offer from the government yesterday, and that's currently under evaluation. And we look forward to finalizing negotiations in the second quarter. We were pleased with the recent decision by the U.S. government to add 2 additional aircraft to Lot 5, bringing the revised procurement quantity to 32 aircraft.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Story telling
I guess the following is one way to report to the shareholders:
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Some may not visit the 'left wing' site Crikey but see this very interesting piece: http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2012/04/28/jsf-f-35-scrap-now-call-in-us-foreign-policy-journal/?wpmp_switcher=mobile . Check his referenced 'devastating current feature' in particular.
Ben Sandilands is a fine aviation correspondent of American parentage and he grew up in the middle of Sydney harbour. He generates some great stuff relating to both civil and military aviation.
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