Lockheed Martin to sign offset agreement on Friday

On Friday the government will sign an offset framework agreement for the next 10 years with Lockheed Martin (LM). Individual investments will be signed every two years, which may not give entrepreneurs much time to obtain the zl. 3 billion specified in the agreement as a requirement for qualifying for the offset funds. "We will attach five appendices to the agreement, which will be accepted and signed by LM," said Jacek Ronda, an advisor to the head of the Scientific Research Committee. However, at present some elements of the American proposals are accepted neither by the government nor the companies. "We want to help our partners to prepare an improved offer," said Ronda, according to whom Polish companies need to come up with a new investment philosophy allowing them to maximize economic results, and need to understand that offset is not a grant or subvention, but a loan to be paid back. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) M.M.