§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he made before reaching his decision to cancel the Nimrod project as to whether Boeing or GEC was the more likely to resolve first the vital question of secure data links for the airborne early warning system.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonBoeing offered to deliver its first aircraft complete with JTIDS/Link 16 before GAv. We considered the risk associated with both proposals to be of the same order on this particular area.