Poland's Lockheed Martin F-16 contract signing ceremony, planned for last week, has been postponed until April. The decision has been blamed on a difference between Polish and US laws, which means the USA would view a contract as valid while Poland would not consider it active until additional contracts are in place, covering financing and industrial offset. The latter, which is a critical element of the deal, exposes differences between the two sides. Poland expects offsets of $9.5 billion while the USA believes it is only obliged to place offset worth just over $6billion.
Source: Flight International
