Jungly,
Concur regarding SABR and V-22 but it is bloody expensive! An EV-22 with the ASaC7 mission system and extra consoles would be a perfect option for MASC but sadly prohibitively expensive. The costs of integrating the system and pressurising the airframe would just be too much.
It's about time your own Jungly Sea Kings were replaced with Merlin however! I know the RN have not had the greatest time with your HM1s but we like our Merlin HC2s.
We need to be realistic in our procurement. Buy more Merlin (with blade folding) for the RAF and RN Jungly guys. Buy more Chinook. Get rid of Puma and HC4 asap. Sink max cash into a Merlin MASC to ensure 3-4 control positions and compound wing/Oxy for a more useful op altitude.
Widger,
Typhoon has better manoeuverability, supercruise, endurance and payload than all F-35 variants. F-35 will however have better sensors as it's a generation ahead.