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U.K. Expects Defense Trade With U.S. To Be Two-Way Street

By Marc Selinger

Friday, July 14th, 2017

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The United Kingdom’s defense ministry, which is acquiring several major weapon systems from the United States, is closely monitoring those deals to ensure its own companies receive a “sufficient share” of the work as suppliers, according to a key British official.The U.K. is making a “huge investment” in American hardware, including 138 Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35B Lightning II fighters, 50 Boeing [BA] AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, U.K. defense secretary Michael Fallon said July 7. As a…

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