Spot on ‘tucumseh’ pity the poor individual who has to present the case to whichever minister of the day who will make the decision as to the future of MPA/ASW.
The procurement system has let us down in the past but must have got some things right (surely?)
No matter how many facts or even opinions the poor sod gets there must be a point at which they must ask for advice – where does that come from? Are they going to visit say Canada and see what happens there? It can’t just be left to ‘smart UAV salesmen’ with a magic crystal ball approach to determine our future capability.
(And that’s the salesmen who are ‘smart’ in this instance not the UAV)