It would have been interesting to sit in on some of the reviews to see what was being said...However as I said earlier the customer would have been well represented on those boards and if anything didn't agree with them then they would have been in a strong position to find that the programme would not have been meeting at least the time line element of the requirements...
Impossible to say without the documentation, minutes etc in front of you...I have to say I was flying on Nims when it began and was still flying, albeit on another type, when it was cancelled and it beggered belief that it had the legs, with the spending taken into consideration, that it did in my opinion from my position then...