AWACS: Procurement
(asked on 1st July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department made of the cost of acquiring IP for the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft in order for support and maintenance work to be undertaken in the UK.
This question was answered on 6th July 2020
There is no requirement for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to procure the Intellectual Property Rights in order for support of the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft to be carried out in the UK. The aircraft acquisition contract provides the MOD with specified rights to share repair and maintenance information with suitably qualified organisations, subject to a licence agreement being in place with Boeing.