£2.8 billion MRA4 contract now £.36 billion (Final Figure?)
£16 billion initial life contract. Assuming this ends up 33% over that (as has getting the aircraft initially), that means a 30 year life (assumed) ends up being shy of £22 billion, giving just over £700 million a year... Simple numbers.
I'm sure there is few station commanders or higher around to let us know exactly what they have to spend money on... But the list is near endless...
And apparently the Navy Merlins are 40% undermanned... So what shall we do with all these maritime experts doing nothing at Kinloss?