EMERGOV:
If you read what I wrote I said the Super Hornet and C-17 projects set an example as GOOD buying for the ADF. Howard and Nelson can take a bow on those.
Many other projects are flops.....trying to second guess on new rather than mature technology is risky business when one considers the small numbers of things we buy.
The F-35 will probably be another F-111. Bad start, good result. More Super Hornets and buy F-35's later in the cycle perhaps!
Wedgetail will never fully meet the capability sought I'm told. What would have been wrong with a lesser number of B767 AWACS ala Japan??