Engines / NaB,
First many thanks for such an informative (and civil!) discussion. My concern is that with Philip Hammond preparing to announce yet more defence cuts (£3 - £5bn?) that the costs of Dave-C are so high that we'll simply have a Potemkin force which looks great at airshows, Spithead, and in MoD/BAES briefing slides but that in reality will be close to operationally useless.
Do we have any serious confidence in the sort of flyaway prices of Dave-C in the 2018-28 timeframe?
Thanks,
S41