Well it does seem to be an awfully long drawn out remedial process( that in fact is not the final solution) that we were led to believe would be ready last December..
The comments in the article seem completely fair and well worth taking on board.
The projects big problem, as I can see it, is any technical superiority the airframe had to start with has been completely eroded by both the failure of the prime contractors to deliver on time (we won't go near budget) and the quality of the opposition to develop counters to the airframe technology...