Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Buster, I thought that initially too. Then, checking wiki, I saw the Eurofighter time scale was very similar and BAE would have an advantage not having to reconcile the requirements of 4 nations.
True. However, we cannot ignore the technical input from the other 3 partners. It is a long time since BAE was anywhere near producing a complete fighter aircraft on their own let alone one equivalent to a (so called) 6th generation machine even if the funding was available.