"Brett" wrote in message ...

Approval of whatever selection is made by the prime contractor would be, but
according to the GD fact sheet on the JSF program the contract to design
produce and integrate the weapon for the JSF was awarded to GD by LMT, not
the US Government.

http://www.gdatp.com/products/lethality/jsf/JSF.pdf

As a matter of interest, has a contract between L-M and GD for the
delivery of the GAU-12/U actually been signed yet? Or are they still
'engaged' rather than 'married' :-) There was no mention of such a
contract in the recent 'Flight International' special on the F-35,
which included a diary of formal contracts.

Tony Williams
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