• 1. Overview; 2. A brief history of the aircraft and aerospace industries; 3. Augustine's laws; 4. Augustine's weapons: alternative approaches; 5. The ministry of defence viewpoint; 6. Augustine weapons systems: what are they?; 7. Causes; 8. Data used in this study; 9. Literature review; 10. Evidence on cost escalation; 11. Cost overruns on civil projects; 12. Unit cost curves; 13. Trainer aircraft; 14. Empirical results; 15. A critique; 16. Future challenges; 17. Overall conclusions; Statistical appendix: Appendix I; Appendix II; References.

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