UK, USA agree pact on Joint Strike Fighter technology transfer

Posted on: Jun. 28th, 2007 || Source: Flight Global | E-mail Article | Print Article

The UK Ministry of Defence has brokered a bilateral agreement with its US counterpart aimed at relaxing technology transfer restrictions between the nations, potentially removing a barrier to trade relations which late last year threatened London's continued participation in the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project.

Signed by outgoing prime minister Tony Blair and US president George Bush late last month, the initiative seeks to replace a current framework under which individual export licences must be obtained for each exchange of goods, services or information. This has at times slowed the pace of discussions on JSF and also hampered the UK's ability to rapidly acquire off-the-shelf equipment to meet its urgent operational requirements in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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