F-35:een elektronisen sodankäynnin järjestelmiä ym kamaa tekevä Yhdysvaltalainen tytäryhtiö BAE Inc. on eri asia kuin sen Brittiläinen emoyhtiö BAE.
Näiden kahden välillä ei varmaan tietoa paljonkaan tietoa valu, siitä haluavat jo tuotteiden tilaajat pitää huolen erinäisillä tavoilla:
As per its
Special Security Arrangement, BAE Systems Inc. operates as a semi-autonomous business unit within BAE Systems controlled at a local level by
American management. In May 2006 the CEO of BAE Systems described the "firewalled" status of BAE Systems Inc: " The British members of the corporate leadership, me included, get to see the financial results; but
many areas of technology, product and programme are not visible to us....
The SSA effectively allows us to operate in the US as an American company, providing the highest levels of assurance and integrity in some of the most sensitive fields of national security provision."
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