Originally Posted by
Foghorn Leghorn
It was possibly a contender for ASDOT, but I doubt you’ll get a formal answer as companies tend to still keep their cards close to their chest. With Hawk being dispensed with who knows what contract may come up. If you know the platform selection you can then work out costs and potentially undercut the competition.
The entire Scorpion effort was being pushed very publicly as part of the QQ/Textron/Thales effort. A certain ex-RN Bagger at Thales was one of the key architects, there were also some other shenanigans within Air Command too along with Commandant AWC. It was very quickly withdrawn once the fast jet requirement was finalised (which it didn't meet) and that there would only be iro 1,930hrs on task for a non-fast jet (biz jet type) capability. As for Inzpire and their partners, it was certainly the priciest bid at mid-£900MM!