A V22 AEW was what I was referring to...not cheap.
And you've hinted exactly at what I was trying to get at originally by saying the RN has its own priorities re the carrier, rather than looking at it in the wider context...hence politically charged comment (maybe) about no consideration of the C varient from the Air Force.
A novel landing solution for a UCAV would again suggest a ruinously expensive bespoke design capable of VSTOL. Hence my objection to ruling out any future purchase of the C and by implication any reasonable expectation of a future conversion of the carriers in their long future.