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

By Marc Selinger

Friday, July 7th, 2017

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

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Photo by Lockheed Martin.

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…

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