The savings to the MOD budget are:
This year-£50 million, by ending the MR2's stirling service a year early.
Next year-£60 million by slowing down the introduction of the MRA4
The Pig is almost correct; the slashing of the MRA4 support money (£110m) announced was for FY 10/11 and 11/12, nothing to do with taking the MR2 out of service early. The Nimrod IPT's annual budget for both MR2 and R1 is considerabley less than £100m, with two fifths being taken by the R1. Therefore, at best, the saving is around the £50m however in real terms it will be far less. In the meantime we take risk in all the core MR2 roles while we slow down the MRA4's introduction.
