https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/lockheed-pulls-out-of-fa-50-crada-434283/
Lockheed pulls out of FA-50 CRADA
16 FEBRUARY, 2017
Lockheed Martin has pulled its FA-50 out of an airworthiness assessment with the US Air Force, service officials tell FlightGlobal.
In August, the USAF and Lockheed were preparing to move the FA-50 into a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA). The CRADA allows the air force to assess an aircraft’s airworthiness without a programme of record. With a USAF stamp of approval as a gold standard in assessment, the CRADA can open up aircraft to direct commercial sales customers.
Both the company and the USAF have the ability to cancel a CRADA at any point in time, says NDMA office team lead Bob FitzHarris.
“Lockheed Martin decided to withdraw from the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for FA-50 because we could not close on the final terms and conditions,” a Lockheed spokeswoman wrote in a 14 February email to FlightGlobal.