If you produce a product that is inferior to a competitor, you shouldn't cry foul when customers go elsewhere.
BAe have played the UK job card too many times, whilst flogging the MOD equipment that is often inferior to foreign made products.
If you break the law, you should face the consequences. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
If BAe have broken the law, as the SFO seem to think they have, then they should be prosecuted.
I have no particular axe to grind against BAe, but they seem to think that they can get away with murder, and then make the right noises about the survivability of the UK defence/aerospace industry.
If they can't compete through innovation and quality, then let them fail. If they can, and produce products the UK military actually need, then in this era, stuff should be flying off their shelves without bungs or political interference.