Well, the Kabuki dance that is the Dutch F-16 replacement selection has added a few new steps, with them adding the Gripen NG into the mix and deselecting the Super-Hornet and Raptor for being too large and to expensive respectively.

Honestly, if I were working for Eurofighter, Dassault, or SAAB, I wouldn’t bother.

The Dutch have already sunk around €550 million into the F-35 JSF, and I think that pretty much locks them into two alternatives, the JSF, and upgrading its existing F-16s.

Of course, I was wrong on the tanker deal, so YMMV.