§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Defence what factors led to his decision to accept an American bid in preference to Marconi for supply to the RAF of a flight simulator training system for the Harrier jet.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe decision was based on the results of a wide-ranging technical and commercial assessment of all the alternatives. The selected system was both demonstrably cheaper and technically superior to the other proposals.