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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Australia Wins Technology Transfer Assurances on JSF

Australia won assurances June 28 that the United States will impose no impediment to transfers of technology if it acquires the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said technology transfer issues related to the new generation stealth fighter either had been agreed or were being worked out.

"And I know of no issue that’s a problem there," Rumsfeld said after meetings here with Australian Defense Minister Brendan Nelson.

Nelson told reporters "we are confident that all of our requirements will be met on the JSF — the technology and data transfer."

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