Tarnished
I’m afraid it seems that they have just done a great job of presenting an argument and you’ve fallen for it.
If they had an actual design and a production prototype I’d be more inclined to agree with you.
I’d love to see a British designed and built successor to the Hawk T2, but I sadly do not believe that Aeralis are it and nothing from their glossy brochures and presentations has convinced me otherwise.
Three points though.
1. I desperately want to be proven wrong and see an awesome British designed aircraft enter service in record time.
2. The idea of a modular design is an answer to a problem that doesn’t exist.
3. Where politics are concerned, nothing would surprise me and I would not be remotely surprised if, 15 years from now, we have a fleet of underwhelming training aircraft built in Prestwick that the military will just have to accept and get on with.
BV