Please do share. All I've heard is an aspiration to fit Mk 41 VLS of indeterminate size and contents. No orders for the Mk 41 as of April 2024, yet launching for out fitting soon (Press X for doubt on my part for it to appear) Bit sad that a small country with a tiny navy is thinking of 5 top ASW f...

Personally I think it is an absolute no brainer, if we're not prepared to divert the occasional hull to a close ally then we should just give up on the export market. In France or Italy there'd be nothing to discuss. Hopefully the Navy are just using this as a bit of leverage with Treasury - maybe ...

Bloody hell, what a choice to make. Nice to see the UK government ham fisted approach to the Type 26 coming back to kick us in the ass again. That positive note I had yesterday lasted less than 24 hours. A British bid to sell submarine-hunting warships to Norway cannot go ahead unless the Royal Navy...

Sorry, just catching up on the recent Type 26 articles, so my thinking is a bit all over the place. How refreshing it is to see a recover plan for a defence project, it doesn’t matter where you go F-35’s, E-7s, ajax, ect you get the same old story, Covid, Covid, Covid, private industry had to come u...

HMS Cardiff looking very clean, upcoming launch?

I know it will reduced numbers for a while but would it be beneficial to send our F-35's to the states (soon or within the next few years) to get them upgrade to the TR3, this way all aircraft will be block 4 capable when it arrives. Like people have said even when block 4 arrives in 2028, all our a...

We all know the type 31 was not chosen cause it was a proven design.

Are we getting APAR radar and C-FLEX Combat Management System for our Type 31's?

The government really has backed themselves into one hell of a corner on this one. When it comes to funding and what to do with it we have this wonderful catch 22 going on, if they admit they need funding and what they would spend it on the question becomes "why did you cut it in the first plac...

We really getting the 31's in service before the 26's?

Bob was the one taking the pictures

As long as Project Tempest was a thing France and Germany was never going to let FCAS fail.

Hopefully having both will keep both sides on their toes.

Hey if 11 years to integrate Meteor on the F-35 is not a prime example of it being "easily modifiable" then I guess there is no pleasing some people [/sarcasm]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... thi-drone/

Surface Drones now, I wonder how ambitious their targets will be.

E-7 Wedgetail to enter service next year https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/e-7-wedgetail-to-enter-service-next-year “The Wedgetail Full Business Case is planned for submission in March 2024, and an approval is expected from the Ministry of Defence in late 2024. The Wedgetail aircraft will commence fl...

Are those the last of the F-35B without the TR3?

Is that HMS Birmingham in the far left shed or is it just part of HMS Belfast?

Never dawned on me till now but because of the soft launch system it doesn't light up the night sky when fired like after system.

What is missing, which is a problem throughout UK defence establishment, is a lack of transparency. Everything is hidden behind all too convenient a veil of operational or worse commercial sensitivity. US senators and reps would be banging on the doors of the Pentagon\White House if a similar lack ...

It seemed a bit strange we had heard nothing of the Type 23s since taking over from the Type 45. I wonder if the tempo has changed down there.

And if they keep cutting before this master plan is achieved? Wont that leave us in a spot needing to spend more money trying to get what ever capability we need back?

Taking a breath with the hatchet while all that is figured out surely much be the first step.

In fact I heard recently the Defence Secretary saying that if the 3% was given tomorrow, the MOD wouldn’t be able to spend it. Sorry but he is out right lying. There are cuts planned across all 3 services that could be stopped with more funding but that would be admitting mistakes in an election ye...

Unless we see major progress with HMS Glasgow, I suspect we will have 2 sitting in the dry docks getting fitted out. (I seem to remember that is what happened with the type 45's)

It’s hardly surprising as absolutely no one appears to be able to articulate what the increase would be spent on. Certainly no MPs or commentators in the media are proposing anything specific but lots of complaining about how terrible everything is in defence. Because that would be highlighting pro...