Yo'
I would not want to add to the ambient pessimism ;
If the Shortfin Barracuda project is beyond the capacities of the Aussies, don't be scared :
In France, the present government do have a solution !
-1 build the ships up to completion
-2 store them in a safe port
-3 give them to Egypt
-4 wait for money from Saudi
-5 turn to next file ........