Fund the MoD to be the full service provider (that should go down well with some here
) and take another look in 10 years time.
Crab, correct me me if I'm wrong, but I don't think those Seakings will fly 10 more years! MoD would need additional funding to buy new machines, and we all know those would be Merlins, and those are not cheap... in the long run - no real savings made.