Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
I used to work in a similar industry. Takes typically three months to find and hire people of this calibre, might be longer currently (no overseas hires possible) ... and another three months to bring them up to speed.
I am sure they plan (hope / whatever) for additional customers (no matter how concrete they are) - and they won't be able to wait with advertising until the ink under the potential contract is dry. Otherwise they have another at least 6 months delay.