Originally Posted by
Not_a_boffin
The equivalent to the Tier 1 signature back then being the MoU signed in 1969, so more like 10 years. But also a very different world back then.
Point being, you can't have people beating F35 with a stick that is equally applicable to other contemporary programmes.
Point taken Mr Boffin but remember that both Typhoon and F35 followed on from demo programmes which MRCA/Tornado did not benefit from and like F35 it was a hugely complex programme. It also predated the highly capable computing systems that Typhoon and F35 utilised to reduce development testing...