Nothing new about this but the real question is whether it will make any difference. The concerns seem to be identified year after year. Defence equipment is getting more and more advanced and even more costly and the development timescales ever longer to bring to service. We have tried European collaboration and now Joint Strike Fighter and the same problems exist.
My real question (regarding fast jets) is whether we need the numbers ordered. 138 F35 and the hundred plus Typhoon.
If the answer is Yes then they have to be funded.