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Sometime in 1987, a djinn walks into BAe's offices and promises them infinite money if they will adhere to the following conditions:
1) The English Electric Lightning must be maintained in service and upgraded to the limit.
2) The overall shape of the airplane cannot change. This means e.g. no single-engine variants, no swing-wings, but existing upgrade paths including F.2 to F.2a conversions are allowed.
3) Since financial concerns will be a non-issue, political and service objections to maintaining or increasing current Lightning force levels will be magically handwaved.
How do you manage the programme?
1) The English Electric Lightning must be maintained in service and upgraded to the limit.
2) The overall shape of the airplane cannot change. This means e.g. no single-engine variants, no swing-wings, but existing upgrade paths including F.2 to F.2a conversions are allowed.
3) Since financial concerns will be a non-issue, political and service objections to maintaining or increasing current Lightning force levels will be magically handwaved.
How do you manage the programme?