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The JSF is probably one area where the 'job creation' label might not stick. The payback that UK industry is getting on the project is, I reckon, well in excess of what the UK MoD have paid to get on the project. No doubt that F-35B gives a bigger payback for RR, but that is by no means the whole story on F-35.
Indeed, the costing of these projects gets pretty involved.
Commiting to STOVL means a commitment to a ski-jump deck right? Which means a commitment to rotary wing AEW, (Maritime Airborne Surveillance & Control MASC, so maybe we should also add in
(MASC unit cost + R and D) - (off the shelf cost of E2C)
best regards JJ (an interested party, a taxpayer)