iRaven,
I know you have a problem with BAE, but what is actually wrong with the Mantis UAV concept.
Its a medium altitude long endurance platform to do a similar role as globle hawk but on a slightly cheeper scale. Are you saying the UK shouldnt try and compete with the US and the Israelis, that we should just roll over and admit defeat and spend our tax payers money to help the US unemployed get back on their feet.