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- 03 Feb 2024, 14:54
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Malloy Aeronautics
- Replies: 15
- Views: 811
Re: BAE buys Malloy Aeronautics
Shame, I thought Malloy had a really good culture an opportunity to grow into something special.
- 03 Feb 2024, 14:17
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 525047
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Thanks for the replies. Can you guys quantify the benefits? For example, with a remote turret the Ajax IFV could carry X number of troops and with a manned turret, Y. I seem to remember the Ajax variant IFV entered for the Australian competition, was said to need to be extended to accommodate enoug...
- 03 Feb 2024, 13:24
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Archer is process of clearing for transport via C-17 https://twitter.com/Gabriel64869839/status/1753557389486223757 According to Gabriel, apparently original Archer does not fit into A400, but he don't know if version mounted on MAN maybe can do it. Wikipedia page on Archer would suggest HX2 versio...
- 02 Feb 2024, 23:54
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 525047
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Sorry Sol, maybe I did not put enough emphasis on "was" - I meant during the timeframe up to when the Warrior life-extension/improvement project was eventually decided upon. A current IFV version does indeed not exist, but it was developed from IFVs which were/are in service with Spain an...
- 01 Feb 2024, 15:42
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 525047
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Sorry Sol, maybe I did not put enough emphasis on "was" - I meant during the timeframe up to when the Warrior life-extension/improvement project was eventually decided upon. A current IFV version does indeed not exist, but it was developed from IFVs which were/are in service with Spain an...
- 31 Jan 2024, 16:11
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
1RHA on Facebook stating that E Battery has retrained onto L118 and that AJAX conversion begins later in the year. Interesting times! When they say conversion to AJAX, are they giving up the towed 105mm or operating the AJAX alongside it? Any idea how that works, doctrinally? It seems like an odd c...
- 31 Jan 2024, 11:33
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
1RHA on Facebook stating that E Battery has retrained onto L118 and that AJAX conversion begins later in the year.
Interesting times!
Interesting times!
- 30 Jan 2024, 21:18
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 684
- Views: 190204
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Would you even hear it coming and, if you did, would you have time to engage it? You're conflating detection with killing. You either need to use a different system to detect of you need to be keeping an eye out. The rifle (not hypothetical shotgun) is not firing shot, so the trajectory of one bull...
- 30 Jan 2024, 13:51
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 684
- Views: 190204
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
I get how it works :D I'm not entirely sure you do. It's not difficult for a person to follow a moving target through sights, but becomes challenging for the user to perform the necessary ballistic compensation for range and movement. The system does this for the user. The system is also only a fir...
- 29 Jan 2024, 19:56
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 684
- Views: 190204
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
The Army has procured this for the moment: https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/06/game-changing-anti-drone-weapon-sight-for-army-s-close-combat-soldiers/#:~:text=The%20capability%20can%20recognise%20a,other%20in%2Dservice%20individual%20weapons. In all honesty, what are the chances of...
- 22 Jan 2024, 19:57
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
- Replies: 2788
- Views: 712776
Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Industry has no appetite for accepting any risk in the supply chain. MoD has burned way too many matches on promises of large fleets and then placing small orders (AJAX, Foxhound etc etc). Then out that in the context of government finances and election year and no wonder they've put little effort i...
- 19 Jan 2024, 08:47
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: UK Mobile Fires Platform
- Replies: 97
- Views: 11609
Re: UK Mobile Fires Platform
I'd rather went all in on M119A3 than continue anything more on the L118. That would give us commonality within AUKUS and commonwealth.
M777 way, way too expensive for reservist play thing. Give them high quality simulators and make assets available for live firing quarterly.
M777 way, way too expensive for reservist play thing. Give them high quality simulators and make assets available for live firing quarterly.
- 17 Jan 2024, 16:39
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: M777 Portee DVD 2016
- Replies: 113
- Views: 28880
Re: M777 Portee DVD 2016
That looks like a rehash that uses the same assumptions that others have made.
- 16 Jan 2024, 22:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: SSN-AUKUS Future Astute Replacement (2030s) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 238
- Views: 86674
Re: SSN-AUKUS Future Astute Replacement (2030s) (RN) [News Only]
Rolls Royce site to open in Cardiff? Supposedly on AUKUS work. Not far from Bristol but not a hotbed of submarine, nuclear or defence in itself.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale ... e-28458142
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wale ... e-28458142
- 14 Jan 2024, 19:18
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Counter-intelligence batteries have been discussed recently by a few people with experience.Timmymagic wrote: ↑14 Jan 2024, 09:52 If the Army have a braincell they'll purchase 2 Decoy systems for every Real one...
- 12 Jan 2024, 11:20
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5409
- Views: 1418356
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Do we need to revisit the OPV armament in of Yemen and consider LMM or CAMM?
https://www.navylookout.com/enhancing-t ... h-ii-opvs/
https://www.navylookout.com/enhancing-t ... h-ii-opvs/
- 05 Jan 2024, 21:14
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: M777 Portee DVD 2016
- Replies: 113
- Views: 28880
Re: M777 Portee DVD 2016
Nothing official that Barrow will be restarted...leonard wrote: ↑04 Jan 2024, 15:01 It is now official the production line of the M777 will be restarted the contract has just been notified.
https://x.com/jpartej/status/1742919384337973482?s=20
- 05 Jan 2024, 10:46
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
I guess the equipment is still there but how much of that knowledge and skill has gone to the wind over the years?Timmymagic wrote: ↑05 Jan 2024, 09:33Thats where it was done previously and where all of the experience in the titanium fabrication is. Pretty much nailed on.
- 04 Jan 2024, 16:18
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Any guarantee the work will take place at Barrow?
- 26 Dec 2023, 07:58
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice joining Uk forces
- Replies: 8
- Views: 405
Re: Advice joining Uk forces
I’ve heard that unfortunately she was turned down by the army due to asthma. I don’t have the full story, but I was quite surprised as whilst I knew she had it, it’s never been particularly serious AFAIK. She’s always been pretty sporty and it’s never been an issue in any of that and it seemed to m...
- 15 Dec 2023, 17:18
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Morpheus Cancelled
- Replies: 6
- Views: 939
- 15 Dec 2023, 13:32
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Morpheus Cancelled
- Replies: 6
- Views: 939
Re: Morpheus Cancelled
What BOWMAN equivalent CIS is there?
- 11 Dec 2023, 14:58
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 862
- Views: 292260
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Interesting that they are offering 8x8 archer but RDUK Elbit turret is on 10x10 chassis.
- 04 Dec 2023, 20:21
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 525047
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Interesting. On Astute the main payment milestone was handover, and it's a much lumpier product. Long lead items were generally purchased by the MOD directly and provided to BAE as segregated Project stock ie GFE. That's a different contract model. Aside from the Cannon which was GFx, GD have to bu...
- 01 Dec 2023, 19:30
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2421
- Views: 525047
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
"With an initial payment of £480 million, withheld since December 2020 due to challenges with noise and vibration, the MOD will resume payments to General Dynamics as the vehicles are scheduled to enter initial operating capability between July and December 2025" I'd still like to see har...