Am I the only one who finds it astonishing that no matter how badly BAE perform on this they still manage to pocket the full contract price.
They have been compensated for their own failure to deliver by now only being obliged to deliver a 12 aircraft fleet - for the price of the original 21.
Even the poor old RAF carries the can because those original 21 airframes, build by one of BAE's honoured predeccessors, but in contract speak supplied by the RAF, were so inconsistent in build standard that all the new bits had to be reworked.
Considering that all the really tricky stuff, the area where Nimrod AEW f
up, is done for them - the mission equipment is being supplied by Boeing.
The meal they've made of the rest of the job is staggering.