Snouts in trough time again?
"Among the successful bidders were defence multinationals BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, Thales and MBDA,"
Why are companies like this getting funding? This is just the type of project they should be working on anyway because there are customers out there waiting for these solutions and willing to pay. The fear is already in place, they just need a product to sell to allay the fear.
So, since they are getting MoD funding for the R&D, does this mean once a product is developed, the MoD will get royalties based on the funding? Or discounted prices to claw back the funding?
