SKB wrote:If BAE were still nationalised, then maybe we'd be getting 13. Or more.

Sure. Could also probably afford a couple more by not burning a few £Billion on Brexit. But these are the times.

Canada regrets being classified as "a threat" and hits back with reverse-pork barrelling selective tariffs: "Many of the U.S. products were chosen for their political rather than economic impact. For example, Canada imports just $3 million worth of yogurt from the U.S. annually and m...

Pet peev time (again). Why do Americans describe ever single body of water as "the ocean" ? On a Portsmouth Harbour boat trip yesterday, I overheard some Americans sat nearby actually calling Portsmouth Harbour "the ocean". I felt genuine inner rage for saying something so stupi...

if[1] so I'd definitely put that as being in the high end of an "upgraded Astute" range rather than a new design. If the pressure hull's diameter need to be increased and/or [2]new reactor is used you're pretty much in a "new design" space. I like both of the "ifs" - a...

- so just pick up the propulsion innovations, and integrate them to the "as such" good hunter-killer design? Or would doing so force a change of the hull form... making it a new design? My statement was meant to refer to something like the S-boat to T-boat evolution, which I'd loosely des...

inch wrote:I know its got delayed abit but when was canada supposed to anounce the winning bid anybody ?

The latest round of bids in supposed to be in on July 21. I wouldn't expect a decision before January, assuming no great complications emerge before then.

Can anyone tell me, if after the 4 SSBN's have been made they made some more but without the "Trident" stuff how much more expensive would they be than new design SSN's? I know there is a lot of "unknowns". Would they be to big?. Could we fit TLAM's in the back? Better accommoda...

Meanwhile, the North Koreans are rapidly improving their nuclear research facility. So his Foreign policy track record continues to be an unblemished trail of crap.

Edit: Sorry, work where the slang gets used too much and it works into your vernacular.

I was thinking more of moving forwards with Brimstone 2 and SPEAR. It would have been useful as there will probably be a ground launched version, something we need for a ATGW under armour capability gaps. Brim2 did not exist when JCM and later JAGM started, and the targets for both missiles at thei...

Someone caught this imgain posted by China ship building industry but has since been removed. It's shows a new design for thier third carrier a cat and trap design. I wonder how large it'll be and how many aircraft it'll operate :problem: Assuming it's legit, that looks like something in the neighb...

JAGM production (finally) green-lit for production. IOC for Increment I JAGM is slated for early 2019. After the Joint Common Missile was cancelled for cost reasons, JAGM was launched to reach JCM goals at lower cost. But it too faced the axe until it became one of the first major programs to embra...

European industrial concerns aside, it's going to be interesting/embarrasing if the UK and NATO both end up moving away from E-3 while we're still faffing about with incremental upgrades and hoping drones can take up the slack.

Latest article on the Australian SEA 5000 decision - " Australia tipped to buy British naval frigates in $35 billion deal with old partner ". https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/australia-tipped-to-buy-british-naval-frigates-in-35-billion-deal-with-old-partner-20180619-p4zme...

As for replacement; I'll just say the ability is there, the funding is not (yet). Odd that you are privy to USN aspirations. Don't try to discredit people passive-aggressively, it's unkind. I did not make any claim as to USN aspirations, I said the ability to develop a replacement exists, and as ye...

man, the amount of drama over upgrades is insane. I cannot imagine the F-16 program surviving in the modern day environment. You think the F-35 production has been a fiesta. The F-16 was worse Impossible, the F-16 emerged fully formed and operational from the brow of Pierre Sprey. The other Gods of...

As for replacement; I'll just say the ability is there, the funding is not (yet). Odd that you are privy to USN aspirations. Don't try to discredit people passive-aggressively, it's unkind. I did not make any claim as to USN aspirations, I said the ability to develop a replacement exists, and as ye...

As a final comment neither in the USN or RN is there any hint of any updating/replacing the ASROC designed in the 1950's and though would like RN to procure the updated Japanese ASROC for the T26 think highly unlikely. The current ASROC wasn't designed in the 50s, VL-ASROC even by the bleakest inte...

To my knowledge, Phalanx is not being removed due to US objections. The Brazilian Navy doesn't use the system on any existing class, preferring older but more economical 40mm Bofors-based mounts which reflect the lower-threat environment they operate in, so they'd need to stand up a supply chain for...

One of the comments on this tweet states that the Canadian decision on its future combat ship, has been delayed by at least 18 months. Can anyone throw any light on this claim, as the only delay I have seen quoted 3 months, as below from 'Janes' I was under the impression they had delayed so they c...

Looks like the Danes gave Defense News a ride on an IH. Here's some pictures, including a really nice shot showing the huge hangar space.

Being licensed to use a design is very different from owning 100% of the IP. Which happens to be the Type 31 requirement. Donald-san is quite correct on this issue. Where is this language used? The wording I saw was Intellectual Property Rights appropriate for MOS to maintain UK Gov Freedom of Acti...

To go cheaper/easier, it would seem very do-able and cost-effective to slap a Phalanx on the "B" spot. Not as much capability, but also probably not a ton of cost. Then the option exists later to upgrade to Phalanx with laser later.

Wonder if any of the powers that be on this forum would be willing to create a poll. Would be interesting to see which proposal is turning the most heads at this time.

Will Huntington Ingalls Industries reveal their FFG(X) design to be a version of Arrowhead 140... :eh: Speculation as to that possibility has increased of late. So far, I've not seen anything firm on what HII actually bid, and they won't talk to Xav or any other reporters about the details of those...

UK trying to kick the European rotary-wing industry into gear, as a senior Army officer floats signing onto the US FVL program as an option if they don't move forward.