Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Perhaps more worryingly, the
most up-to-date public version of the MoD’s Major Projects Portfolio lists the total estimated programme cost up to the forecast retirement date of 2070 at just £10.69 billion. This total would include through-life ownership, mid-life upgrade and operating costs, so a significant portion of it would not be allocated to funding initial development and acquisition."
But the way I read it and looking at the figure it would surely not include any manufacturing/procurement, would it?
The 100 billion for the Typhoon on the other hand includes the procurement/manufacturing of ~600 Aircraft + engines. Which is >50billion alone. I smell an apples to oranges comparison.
That said, 10 billion is indeed nothing when it comes to development of a new fighter aircraft.