In a completely unsurprising change of narrative the latest from Aeralis at their industrialisation event demonstrates the desperation:
- New position is all MOD has to do is sign, commit to an order and the terrorist sponsoring Qataris will pay all the development costs and MOD can pay back later. Shades of the 2003-2004 period again.
- Now stating 42 months (from today) to enable a LRIP of 4 aircraft to enable a subsequent 2-year test campaign. Gosh, the BAE playbook and I’m sure it’ll go on rails 🫣
- Vehemently believe they can win in Japan and can develop a carrier capable version with relative ease (good luck with that).
- Looking at an all new small form factor engine for the twin-variant as the F124 fan diameter is too large.