If as reported in the press at the weekend the significant delays to FRES could have some positive implications for RAF and RN projects. It was widely accepted that their was not enough money in the pot to fund CVF, MARS, JCA and FRES at the same time. With FRES slipping by as much as a decade, that eases the strain on cashflow and hopefully will enable these projects to move ahead.
Not good news for the grunts though as the Warriors will have to soldier on for another 10 years.
Cyril,
Its quite possible they are interested, but I'm not aware of any operational require for the USMC to have its own AEW capability as they operate in conjunction with the Hawkeye from the USN. Its more likely that a UAV based solution would adopted, but I would like to be proved wrong. The UK on the otherhand will simply buy whatever is cheapest that comes close to matching the requirement - or water down the requirement until it matches whatever is cheapest
