Pobjoy
While I can understand the temptation to cut and run but with the cost of new gliders IRO £120k the cost of returning a finically worthless glider to service and getting another twenty years service from them makes new gliders a nonstarter.
There are companies that could take over the role of type certificate holder and maintenance providers who are much better placed to do the return to service some of who are not the usual defence industry suspects but this would require the ministry to look further than they usually do.
The big question is does the military establishment have the vision to take the work to glider experts or will the committee go the with the conventional route of defence industry contractors who don't have any glider expertees ?
My guess is that with the failure of the original defence contractor to keep the fleet airworthy the military will go for the safe option of another defence contractor........... If the tax payer ( and cadets ) are lucky the defence contractor will have subcontracted an expert glider repair and maintenance company to physically do the work.
Soon the cat will be out of the bag as soon as the big meeting happens, so we won't have long to wait to know the answer.