Beagle you mentioned:
[“Well, ‘t lads have coome oop wi’ a new nose ferr ‘t ‘awk. An’ soom nice new TVs in ‘t cockpit” “But Baron, an old camel with a new saddle is still an old camel”, said the Emir............. As indeed it truly is.
I think you will find this analogy can be applied to the Chinook (1960’s technology, so old hat now), the F15E (1970’s technology, so old hat as well) to name but two. I do not hear any comments about these companies, who I am sure their management make money in exactly the same way as BAE, probably make more as well.