Originally Posted by
keesje
Correct, everyone wants to be friends now. I guess the Germans have learned their lessons though. If they are gonna pay, they want what They need in time, at budget. No NH90/ Typhoon kind of multination/ industries drama's. The French they can use, the rest can be second tier supplier / customer.
We're now in the real of total fiction imho.
No large defense program has ever come in on budget or on time
afaik.
The normal experience in the US used to be 100% overrun, some much worse.
Here the challenges are well above average, so experience would suggest well above average delay and cost growth as well.