The real problem is the termination of the competition. Hell, at this point Australia could realize some serious gains by pretending there was a competition, just in order to get better terms. At the moment they are committed to buying something with a very uncertain price tag and no firm offset commitments.
Yesterday 23:47
Bingo!, I would love to see the actual process whereby they came to the decision to buy SH!!.
I've made my mind up - I'd love to see the Typhoon in Oz, but I think having a competitive tender process is much more important!.
We don't want to make a Seasprite of this
Cheers