Well, the minister could've been a little more precise. We know that in Low-Rate Initial Production-5 (LRIP-5) Dave-C ran a cool $182.2m, and that by LRIP-9 Dave-C average unit costs fall to
"only" $150m which is close to £100m per copy.
On this basis how the post-PR12 budget will be able to fund a serious JSF force (ie, c. 80 = 2 airwings at 36 + 10% margin) is beyond me.
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