Bloodhound Mk 1. 11 Squadrons fully operational by the end of the 1961 in the production contract signed in late 1956, All 11 Sqn's operational in Nov 1961. Plus the Government took money off Ferranti as they made excess profit on the fixed price production contract (about £4M in 1964 prices). Government would have stung BAC as well, had they not been able to hide their excess profits. Both Bristol and Ferranti redesigned their equipment to make production cheaper after the contract had been signed.
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