UK MPA / MMA?
No formal requirement from the MOD yet so lots of contractors eagerly waiting to see of they meet the spec for a competition - if there is going to be one.....
I accept that this is based on almost non-existent assumptions, apart from long-range and payload which discounts some of the smaller options. Here are my runners:
P8 - Yes If time is the most pressing issue.
No if cost, ITAR, lack of UK jobs and control of future development are important.
P1 - Yes if time is the most pressing issue
. No if interoperability and wider use (MMA) are the issue. It is also manpower intensive - where do they come from?
C-130J - Yes if cost, UK jobs and control of future growth is most pressing issue.
No if time is the biggest constraint.
Happy to be shot down; would not be the first time............