Gov't hints that Lockheed Martin is dragging its heels over offset contracts

According to unofficial sources quoted by Rzeczpospolita, the government is worried by delays in negotiating offset agreements with the American Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC). LMC claims that everything is going well and underlined the fact that it has ten years to carry out its investment obligations. Rzeczpospolita has leant that the government did not manage to convince the corporation to act faster in establishing business relations with Polish industry. It also failed to include additional investments in Skarżysko Kamienna-based military plants, which the government was hoping would produce modern ammunition. LMC claims that the list of offset undertakings is complete and that they guarantee that all offset contracts will be fulfilled. Yesterday they also tried to ally fears and promised that on November 1 they would open an office in Warsaw, which would continuously monitor how the contracts are progressing. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.