Although a digital ASRAAM integration is clearly much too difficult and much too expensive for the F3
, DERA (as then was) achieved it very cheaply on the Nightcat Jaguar
, and then demonstrated it very convincingly. A full production integration on the in-service Jag very nearly happened, and was canned to save a paltry amount of money.
There seems to be no convincing reason why a similarly cost effective ASRAAM integration couldn't be added to the GR9, but only if the IPT have the balls to do it themselves, using service and Qinetiq resources, and not if they ask BAE "How Much?"
As a POI, I don't think the differences between what digi-ASRAAM and reversionary ASRAAM are sensitive or classified, unless and until you start getting into parametrics.