Lockheed Needs To Cut C-130J Price For USAF To Consider Multiyear

/ June 25, 2010 at 5:00 AM
Lockheed Martin needs to reduce the price of its C-130J cargo hauler by 10 percent if the Air Force is to consider a multiyear acquisition package, the service's top acquisition official said last week. "If Lockheed had a different approach to cost structure or had some thoughts or ways that they felt that they could give the Air Force from where we are right now -- a 10 percent reduction due to a multiyear, or greater -- then I think...

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