Hi All,
kev 99,
The problem I have with this is how Fox said we spent £3.8 billion then cancelled for nine aircraft, yet here we are a few years down the line and hey presto we now have 12 aircraft for £2 billion the sums seem a bit cockeyed to me unless it’s because this is off the shelf purchasing against developing our own upgrade of a tested platform ??
Geoff.
The original programme was for 21 aircraft, it kept getting revised downwards because the programme was a disaster, BAE had downplayed the risk involved in the programme and had made numerous errors throughout the manufacturing process such as making wings that didn’t fit the aircraft.
The programme should never have existed in the form that it did; after checking out the existing airframes and doing it’s initial risk assessment for the project BAE should have told the government that it didn’t want to compete for the tender. Small chance of them turning money down even though the reputation of BAE has suffered as a result.
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