I think the big announcement was the preferred bidder status tbh

Everyone's known it would be going to rosyth + a140 for yonks

My two years on board Little Britain – the Navy's biggest warship https://www-telegraph-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/men/2019/11/01/TELEMMGLPICT000214792466-xxlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqpVlberWd9EgFPZtcLiMQfyf2A9a6I9YchsjMeADBa08.jpeg There is a microcosmic version of o...

with a general election now certainly happening in December where will this leave the T31 if the contract isn’t signed by the time a new government is formed... The Brexit party's target block is pretty social conservative. BP are the ones most likely to inflict damage on labour heartlands. Social ...

The govt should get another builder (from UK or global industry) to set up an SSK production line on a seperate site @ or near Barrow. In the future this would let the yards compete for contracts of SSK's, SSN's or SSBN's while using the same local talent pools + specialist trades. Would arrest the ...

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It's been nibbling my mind - that dark patch near the bow - is that just an area with a recent wash down or is it another landing spot?

Is the entire flight deck covered with the higher thermal limit coating or is it just the landing spots?

But, as this proposal looks unpopular, anyway I will stop here. Would it not be more desirable to front load the units with a larger missile fit - buying time to cement the learning curve and find out exactly how much extra funding would be needed? This way the admirals can make their argument easi...

But, as this proposal looks unpopular, anyway I will stop here. Would it not be more desirable to front load the units with a larger missile fit - buying time to cement the learning curve and find out exactly how much extra funding would be needed? This way the admirals can make their argument easi...

For the Italians it is understandable, as these days when it comes to SAMs it is ASTER or nothing. Not a bad thing as the weapon systems is paid for regarding R&D and so to them must be cost effective. It is interesting though if they are concentrating on ASTER 30 for their non AAW platforms, w...

Has anyone ever looked at the faesibility of mounting the T45's radar on a qe? With the sensor mounted so high the radar horizon would be much larger yes? How much higher could one be mounted on a qe compared? How many extra seconds could it buy the ops room? I understand there's no vls on a QE nor ...

Mk.41 is just a launcher. What missile do you have in your mind to carry? Just having a Mk.41 does now allow you to use every missiles compatible with it. For example, TLAM needs its dedicated electronics box (TTWCS), which is not that cheap. CAMM also needs its own electronics box as well as ExLS ...

Does anyone have any information w/ the installation costs of a Mk41 module or could give a rough breakdown? Any historical examples where Mk41 modules have been fitted during refit?

Is the most expensive bit physically fixing it in place or integrating with each vessels CMS?

Nor is there any need to concentrate so much at sea. I know Tobias isn't an Air Chief Marshall but he is a pilot and the lot at RUSI do seem to know a trick or two: https://rusi.org/rusi-news/two-aircraft-carriers-would-cement-uk%E2%80%99s-position-global-player https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&...

Forgive me if I have missed this discussed elsewhere, but is there any info available w/ the ability of the F35B to act in a AEW role? If the CBG has CAP, would it be possible to use encrypted comms to the carrier below and kill two stones with one bird? There'll be a reason I'm sure why crowsnest i...

What is really hate about the T-26 is that of the three nations who are going to put it into service, it is the Royal Navy that will have the fewest and most likely least capable. This is made worse by the size of the budgets and economies that both Canada and Australia have compared to the UK, eve...

Even if the existing 32 Mk41 cells in the IH Stanflex design were quad-packed with CAMM that's 128 missiles. Surely more than enough. Depends on the effectiveness of the missiles I guess. Also depends on the mission: If the CBG is running sorties over somewhere like Afghanistan, with little direct ...

I don’t think the risk is with the RN at all. The RN for once has covered themselves from expensive overruns - the point is that a large amount of what is in the brochure and what people are hoping for is FFBNW, and as such it will be paying for costly upgrades to get the ships into a position wher...

Given that the RN has decided to opt for the large T31 option, built in small numbers (5 maybe a couple more) where to maximise its value it will need to spend on money on the FFBNW bits in the brochure, there will be limited money for the C3/OPV fleet - therefore, as I believe numbers remain impor...

not (currently) getting 8, you're getting 5 security Frigates - if that split is any earlier than after the 8th, then that will mean more (err, the 5 or more) security frigates. It could equally mean that they will be fitted out to progressively higher stds - but for what? That will depend on the s...

Is there anything official about T31 increasing from 5 to 8 or 3 more River B2's? Or is this all speculative? The additional three T31 is based on a comment by the Babcocks spokesman (I think) at DSEI. The current order is for five, but there is the possibility of eight overall. The speculation ove...

Are the RB2s really the best vessel for the C3 ? Probably not no, I still like the Venator 80 design. However, it’s what we have and with the 4 B1s (yes, I want to keep HMS Clyde), with some modification they could do a decent job till the late 2020s when a new design can be built. Do you think som...

Is it me, or are we now back in the thinking prior to the 2010 SDSR. By this I’m referring to the C1, C2 and C3 concept. * C1 - Force Anti-Submarine Warfare Combatant (T26) * C2 - Stabilisation Combatant (T31) * C3 - Global Corvette (B2 River) https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/im...

It’s a bit miss leading though as we spend a disproportionate amount on our navy compared to the US ( rightly so IMO ) If you look at the army numbers and there equipment as well as the Air Force you’ll find we don’t have a 14% odd make up compared to the US. If we are to compare figures like this ...

Mmh not sure if people going to agree or even like this but maybe rn escort fleet getting that small and under equipped that maybe in hind sight it might have been better rn trying not to have 2 large carriers or any carriers all and just have gone for very well top notch escorts and subs and not t...

Make no mistake, the Type 31 exists to teach the Defence Industrial Complex how to listen to the budget the government sets out. It exists to bring competition back to UK naval shipbuilding. Type 26 was envisaged as no more than £500m a vessel, with a cheaper general purpose option. The long timesca...

No replacing 8 T23 ASW , 6 type 45 and then 5 type 31 with 9 x Type 26 & 8 or more Type 45 replacements I could live with that, but I doubt the treasury could - the problem remains the more that the T31 is inflated to look like a real frigate on paper, the more attractive it will become to more...