£1.95B............Bargain!
Looking through the specs on the document, I guess we are buying into the long-term partnership with U.S. Industry, and therefore, will be required to go with whatever changes they install on subsequent upgrades etc - including DAS, HMI/D etc? How will this affect coherence with other non-US OEM ac in the future? Also, if this is the future procurement strategy, how will UK/EU Defence Industry view the contribution of their work, or more importantly, their investment?