Willard, feel free to be cynical but those are all facts. Testing has improved significantly but still has a long way to go. (For info I don't work for LM!)
Interesting that LM have put out a statement of where the programme is that is relatively positive but only a tiny local newspaper publishes them..thank goodness for the internet.
Spaz - Wall's article was correct in Aug 11, if the UK wanted some special test wiring put in it would have had to pay for it. If we want to change anything we pay to be different. In this case the Pentagon were probably hinting at buddy refueling capability which would involve significant work.