Pictures for all!

Italian IPA2 Typhoon at Warton with Storm Shadow missiles.

Official now?

Well that definitely looks like all four centre blocks.

Nice to see inside the hangar. A lot of fitting out being done.

Sorry SKB but you'll have to update the diagram again. CB04B is already on!

Phew!

If LB04 gets ballsed up I can't see the government forking out to get a replacement section built. Hopefully it's something they've caught quickly and will involve minimal work to fix.

Forklift being lifted onto it now for some reason.

Do these new generators and converters will result in greater speed or equipment, or are they simply to stop the current ones causing problems as they age?

But back on topic, we should be seeing the SPEAR 3 release from Typhoon this month and Storm Shadow in two months or less. Should. Just as it will be on F-35Bs, is the SPEAR 3 set to become the antiship weapon of choice for RAF Typhoons too ? I think Gabi would be able to answer that better than me...

A post (from someone who knows what they're talking about) that might shine some light on these IAF 'facts'. http://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/indian-air-force-sukhois-dominate-uk-fighter-jets-in-combat-exercises.241928/page-2#post-6631256 I see you've been reading my comments on Solomon's a...

A post (from someone who knows what they're talking about) that might shine some light on these IAF 'facts'. http://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/indian-air-force-sukhois-dominate-uk-fighter-jets-in-combat-exercises.241928/page-2#post-6631256 I see you've been reading my comments on Solomon's a...

Knowing some 'normal' Indians I assume these people are the equivalent of the mongs who go around YouTube saying 'sas is betta then delta' or 'f22 kills all 'muricaaa!!'? If so it's not so bad, except those people are usually children. The people posting those comments look like adults

More P2E testing today, this time Meteor!

https://twitter.com/NatMakepeace/status/628628651341447168 P2E, which forms part of the UK's wider-Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) 2018 capability set, comprises integration of the MBDA Meteor beyond visual range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM), and the MBDA Storm Shadow cruise missile. This phase also ...

Some images here from BAE of LB04's move from land to water. Does anyone know when it's scheduled to arrive in Rosyth?





*Attachment works fine for me imperialman. Looking good!

BBC video of LB04 with no sound.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-33706083

I just hate the small batches idea, though. Given recent history, it scares the hell out of me. It reassures me that the MoD is thinking on this one. This isn't necessarily about ordering less ships but minimising the impact or losses from the Scottish neverendum. If they suddenly vote for independ...

Update on demonstration phase fairly detailed http://www.rina.org.uk/Type_26_programme_progresses_under_demonstration_phase_contract.html Seems like it is a 3+5+5 batch plan It's interesting to see this sentence: In terms of the ship design itself, BAE Systems began Stage 2 modelling in September 2...

LB04 on the move tomorrow.

The Armchair Soldier wrote:David Cameron Takes the Fight to Isil, Drafting Plans to Intervene Against Jihadists in Libya

Would he be willing to do this without US or French co-operation or assistance? Would we be able to?

UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS) hopes to close a possible future gap in the UK’s tactical reconnaissance capability, ahead of the planned retirement of the Royal Air Force’s last Panavia Tornado GR4s in 2019. The Tornado can carry the UTAS-produced Raptor pod, which incorporates the company’s DB-110 s...

SKB wrote:Sorry, but I don't see any physical differences in the jettys to how they are presently.

It looks like most modifications won't be visible