"Cancel the stupid Puma upgrade, an aircraft well past its sell by date and that will only last another 4 or 5 years after upgrade."
Bluetail - Without going into things in depth in an open forum, the Puma upgrade will provide a huge leap in capability and until 2025 for the paltry sum of £400m. To re-engine 30 Merlins is costing over twice that amount, JUST for engines!
If you have access to anybody in the know that can give you the details it may be an idea to ask them. It might just save you making random and slightly uninformed statements.
HG