We got such wonderful things from the Germans during Merkel, like for example: Nordstream, Ostpolitik (buddy Putin), Replacing Nuclear with coal, Nordstream 2.
Just a disgraceful legacy. And we have to live with it now.
They want to call the recipient in connection to the announcement so that the recipient hears it from the committee first hand. And since the announcement is made during the day (figure that), the call is made no matter the recipients time zone.
Lockheed Martin. Boeing makes the F18 (for example)