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29th Jul 2021, 14:24

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DODGYOLDFART

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BAe announced today a further £250m from HMG for further development of the new fighter. Also announced that the planned in service date as 2035.

29th Jul 2021, 17:41

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Originally Posted by DODGYOLDFART

BAe announced today a further £250m from HMG for further development of the new fighter. Also announced that the planned in service date as 2035.

At 250MM pounds/yr till 2035, we're getting close to 4B pounds just for the development, even before factoring in the hard stuff like the software.
Seems a 100MM pound fighter in the making. How many can HMG afford?

29th Jul 2021, 18:41

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Haraka

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Does anybody in the real world seriously think this will complete as a sole U.K. project? (If at all?)

29th Jul 2021, 19:58

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'Development' - a licence to print money and BAES are past masters at it...

29th Jul 2021, 20:29

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yeah, pretty much saintsman.

29th Jul 2021, 21:19

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It’s already a multinational programme with three full partners (UK, Sweden, Italy) with Japan collaborating on next generation high power radar and EW systems.

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