Pretty awesome artist's imprssion there, I've never seen that representation. Thanks!
So I'd have to say a definite Yes... something along that line should have been evolved and developed in the early 2000s (including significant in-house investment) and already operational by now. A would-be sustainable and reliable interim model (for conservatively estimated long-term defense budgets) until the next-gen multi-role could start to take over in the mid-20s, etc. LM would be taking orders for hundrends of them, for meeting foreign and domestic replacement needs imho. I'm sure Johnwill would have even been brought out of retirement and in charge of the thing.
And to keep this on topic... I might suggest such a single-seat variant to have had an even further reclined seat to better accommodate the long-endurance 13 hr flights, while easily maximizing use of the new cockpit displays and next-gen HMD just the same!
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