L-3 division pushes for more F-35 work in Canada

[ErnstBlofeld]

Flight Global:

 

-3 MAS is lobbying the Canadian government to negotiate a greater role on the Lockheed Martin F-35 programme.

 

Concerned about the level of industrial participation on the Joint Strike Fighter, company president Sylvain Bédard pressed the case during a visit on 1 September by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to L-3's factory in Mirabel, Quebec.

 

"I think this country has to protect its sovereignty," Bédard says. "It's important that this aircraft must be maintained in Canada."

 

 

Edited September 23, 2010 by Rheo
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