Although the US Air Force wants to retake control of F-22 Raptor maintenance, details of the new policy remain unclear. "The magnitude [of the policy change] is still to be sorted out," says Lockheed Martin executive vice-president Rob Weiss.
But Weiss says he believes the results will not change as decisions about the F-22's sustainment shift from Lockheed to the USAF over the next two years.
Lockheed currently guarantees the availability rate of F-22s under a three-year-old performance-based logistics contract, which is now due to expire in 2012. The USAF may retake control over the F-22 supply chain, but the performance guarantees will have to be retained in some form.
"We'll not move away from outcome-based contracting," says Weiss.
Source: Flight Daily News
