Originally Posted by
Jackonicko
Compared to, say, the F-35 programme, which is of course a shining example of how to run a programme?
Fair call - bad used of words on my part - more the project (being multinational) was at the mercy of lots of politics and of course had a torrid time in the 90s from this. Not the fault of the engineers or project mangers.
My frustration is that the UK felt it needed partners to start - then often didn't get the airplane it wanted (see Tornado and Jaguar! )
Compare to say Sweden and it's homegrown fighters.
I think the F-35 was fatally flawed from the specification stage.