And I for one have no whatsoever faith that BAES could deliver an "R5" programme to time or on budget.
Me too!
JN, the R5 would be a disaster - to do everything we need to do we need an airframe with space inside, and outside for the antenna arrays, rather than being another Nimord "squeezed in like sardines!".
Finally, the SIGINT role is ideal for UAV/UASs and that may be the future after the RJ contract finishes?
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