Bit surprised by this, the direct quote from the Greek Defence Minister isn't in the article so how much weight to put behind it I have no idea...

https://www.aerotime.aero/29315-greece- ... r-typhoons

It's going to be interesting to see what design they choose to replace the 6 20m RHIBS that were bought from BP for the Channel. Whilst they're very seaworthy, having spent the previous 10 years in the North Sea as Rescue Boats on Oil Rig Support Vessels, I can imagine that the Border Force will wan...

Made a rod for my own back here....time to update this again... Here's the delivery timeline again...any changes since last time in Red So of the UK's '48' here's the status: Note - Delivery is 'usually' a minimum of 2 years after order. Delivered to date (N.B. Dates below are order date) LRIP 1 - A...

And weirdly I actually saw this Dutch F-35 trail heading out in the opposite direction on Monday, over Whitby. The KC-10 taking them over is a USAF one, and not the last Dutch KDC-10 that was in air at the same time on its way to Omega Air in Duluth. The F-35 are heading to the US for training (8 F-...

The 3 aircraft (down from the expected 6 this year) will be on the way shortly. RAF have taken delivery.

SW1 wrote: I was referring to team tempest, Saab are part of team aren’t they.

They are, but 2 of the other consortium members are likely to favour Spear-EW.

Reality is this LADM might not see fruition if the Finn's don't purchase Gripen, Spear-EW is years ahead in practice.

Have to wonder why they're bothering.... Different or better capabilities? I don't doubt Saab has good EW capabilities, but there's only so much that can be done with the space and power available in a Spear form factor, and when it comes to minituarised EW payloads the BriteCloud seems to be out t...

Future combat system partners stand off weapons.. Doubtful. For Tempest the UK and Italy would both go with Spear-EW with Leonardo's BriteCloud inside, for FCAS Saab aren't in the mix. Germany with Airbus, Hensoldt and Diehl involved won't want anybody else involved in the EW space. They seem set o...

Bring Deeps wrote:Just seen something on SM that said next 3 are on their way over to the UK.

That will be it for this year by the sounds of it.

As part of their HX Proposal for the Finnish fighter replacement programme alongside the Gripen E/F and Globaleye AEW aircraft, Saab also proposed a small EW missile, the LADM, as a sweetener, with some development work promised for Finland if it went ahead. https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-relea...

dmereifield wrote:Presumably UK builds?

It would be nice...Appledore?

But Damen seems to be the place to go for standardised builds at a decent turnaround.

Don't think its the entire fleet. It's the 4 x 42m cutters (Seeker, Searcher, Valiant and Vigilant) and possibly the ex-Finnish Telka Class, HMC Protector.

Either way its not a spectacular sum of money...

Thanks for the reply but I was trying to understand if a radar system that could detect a ballistic missile but had no missiles of its own could pass such data to an escorting ship that did via a sensor network https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ ... her-172512 In essense thats exactly what Aeg...

Lots of things not clear there - sounds like the UK are providing two ships quite rapidly, according to that. What, where, how and when? If it's not even contracted yet, it isn't going to be prompt. Does this refer to 2 UK built missile boats (is it still 2, I thought it was reduced to 1), or is th...

Google translated article from the below, appears to shed some more light on Ukraine's possible Brimstone purchase. From the text it appears to be nailed on for the first 2 boats, with a potential for sales on helo's by the sounds of it. Then they'll switch to the larger Ukrainian Neptune missile th...

https://www.iiss.org/blogs/analysis/2021/10/reflections-on-the-royal-navys-indo-pacific-engagement An interesting article...some valid points...and this... "On that front, the experimental deployment of the Royal Navy’s Crowsnest airborne early warning system, on HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Merlin he...

SW1 wrote:Be interesting to see the RN setting up fast jet training and engineering support all on its lonesome. Or is it just the shinny bits at the end…….

They could just contract it out like the RAF did...

Timmymagic , nothing like a bit of inter service politics exaggerated by the media to cloud the waters. Although not keen to add bureaucracy, should the option of having a Joint Expeditionary Air Command being considered like the JHC? Indeed. The Prince of Wales being unable to sail seems to have b...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:"809 Naval Air Squadron was supposed to stand up in 2023, may now be 2026"

See also the re-profiling of UK deliveries due to covid and Turkeys removal, and failure to agree FRP pricing for the final 13 aircraft to be delivered in 2023, 24 and 25.

The example of slashing the £50mn SRVL trails shows that the ownership vs accountability question needs to be answered PDQ. Seem to remember that that was due to Prince of Wales being unable to sail to the US East Coast due to a flood causing a huge amount of electrical systems damage. Unless he's ...

Defence Secretary visited MBDA's new facility at Bolton...interesting view of Meteor being assembled.

UK in talks with Ukraine in regards to selling Brimstone....could be significant as it would be the first surface to surface (and naval) sale. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/britain-in-talks-to-sell-missiles-in-first-arms-deal-with-ukraine-7fmdddsmk (subscriber link) It appears this is in its Se...

Lord Jim wrote:How old are the Point class?

Coming up to 20 years for the 4 we've still got. They've been worked hard, but arguably not as much as a similar vintage commercial vessel. Should have another 10 years work left in them at least before maintenance costs get to be an issue, they are very simple ships.

Ron5 wrote:Looking for a contracted service?

Point Class contract is up.

The hope would be that they are just re-contracted...

Only joking..