What you need is for IPT's to start talking o the Operators and buy useful kit that doe not take an age to procure. Whatever your opinion on SCMR is, I believe it is not the best aircraft we could spend the money on but will give the Navy a credible ASuW force. For what its worth NH-90 is proven and available to buy now.
and using the phrase of the magician....bollox..
NH90 is an unproven crock of poo. It is cumbersome, slow, underpowered and above all it is foreign.
F.Lynx will stun the world with its capibility, its speed, agiliity and its aggressive warfighting capibility. But above all, its British.