Indeed Chug.
What would be funny if not so serious is that for 12 years, almost to the day, the rules and procedures governing the safety of such systems used by soldiers have been based ENTIRELY on MoD's mandated airworthiness regulations.
I've often wondered if MoD realised this when the said regulations were cancelled, without replacement, about 4 years ago. I think not. We are now in the ludicrous situation that Land Systems unwittingly (because they got rid of everyone who knew the background) call up a defunct Def Stan and, unwittingly, await an MAA decision on what to replace it with. The MAA has no clue that their Land colleagues are reliant on this Standard. The MAA has issued what they think is a replacement, but it is laughable simplistic and doesn't actually say anything relevant - so cannot be used to update the Land contracts.
Just one example of how these issues are very closely linked. Ironic that Land does more to try to implement airworthiness than Air! If only they knew.