the UK/AU joint MOU to 'explore' procurement of next jet
as to flankers, there was a serious initial look and russia did offer
Neither of which, in reality, were more than brief, cursory exercises. I initiated the first of these - it was an engineering set-up, which was at best a sham. No doubt you'll say it led to some workshare (not a lot}, but it was never really going anywhere vis-a-vis a EF2000 project; especially after John Howard (and Angus) dismantled the Acquisiton Process!