I'm a serving Royal Air Force pilot with a mostly air defence background. How about you?
Just a lurker, aviation minded though.
My name's Courtney and I'm an aeroholic.
Yep its an incurable trait.
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Me, I know ferk all about the technical side of aviation so can't really comment too much and I do not know enough to counter any of the discussions here but I do wish that we could go back to real basics.
1/ Military say what they need, required specs and how much they can afford.
2/ Maker says they can build and quotes a price.
3/ If military agrees with price they pay, maker builds and all happy.
If something does not work or project runs late then maker fixes and no extra cost to military. Delays cost makers unless military ask and pay for changes.