Reading between the lines on this story, it seems the French tender was cheaper, and this is the first round of bidding.
Any company which accepts a higher cost bid over a lower, needs it's procurement department investigated.
Having said that, looking at the technical details, the British product seems superior to the French - and that is totally putting aside any national feeling, BUT it's more expensive.
Really maybe the real story here, is why are we giving aid to a country which is fast developing, has an exploding population, and will soon be in direct competition with us.
On top of this, they have a space programme, spend huge sums of money on military and bomb development - whilst millions of their people live in the most grinding poverty.
What a wonderful country to aspire to
