Why not, maybe the MOD wants to avoid the massive penatlies it will incur if it breaks contract now?
My point was not that the RAF may not get tranche 3 aircraft, but that tranche 3 may never happen at all . I think all four governments are snurgling around trying to get out of tranche 3 but that no-one wants to be first to say "We don't want it/won't pay for it" I fully expect a group announcement at some point.