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Export success could revive a supersonic Harrier successor

A large international market for Invincible and Harrier could justify restarting P.1154 development as the next V/STOL generation.

Question

Could strong Invincible and Harrier exports have restarted the P.1154 program?

Short answer

Potentially; enough foreign orders could fund a new development path instead of later Harrier variants.

Notes

Export volume changes the economics of an otherwise abandoned aircraft. If several navies bought the Invincible and Harrier combination, they would create a larger shared market for a successor. That demand could justify restarting P.1154 development. The result might replace later incremental Harrier variants with a more ambitious common V/STOL aircraft.