If V-280 is the long term goal, shouldn't we be hearing about tie ups with UK companies by now? More Chinooks? Do we really need any more? V-280 is being manufactured by companies that have uk subsidiaries with all the manufacturing capabilities required to dual source production if that was the de...

If V-280 is the long term goal, shouldn't we be hearing about tie ups with UK companies by now? More Chinooks? Do we really need any more? V-280 is being manufactured by companies that have uk subsidiaries with all the manufacturing capabilities required to dual source production if that was the de...

Do we think countering cheap commercial drones is going to be the preserve of specialist units? I have a feeling it will need to be much more ubiquitous than that. This is where systems like the 30mm Venom could come into their own. Relatively cheap & mountable on pretty much any vehicle It wil...

Do we think countering cheap commercial drones is going to be the preserve of specialist units?

I have a feeling it will need to be much more ubiquitous than that.

What technology has allowed a 1500 t submarine to operate autonomously for 6 months? Let alone at a range of 6000nm. Come to that has any ship/submarine operated autonomously for a weeks let alone 6 months The Boeing Echo Voyager already has a range of 6500nm and and an endurance of months with no ...

What you ask for in your second request hasn’t been achieved on land, on the sea or in the air so I’m think it’s wildy optimistic that it will happened underwater where challenges particularly in communication are more difficult. Not really. The practical technology exists now. The next evolution n...

A XLUUV that can travel huge distances at speed What are you classing as huge distances? In general, submarines can travel huge distances slowly, or short distances fast. Only SSNs can do both at the same time, which is out of scope for XLUUV My point is what can we expect XLUUV’s to be able to ach...

Two times before there was lord as foreign secretary. Lord Halifax on the eve of ww2 and lond carrington on the eve of the Falklands, I hope it doesn’t run in threes…

Tempest414 wrote: ↑13 Nov 2023, 10:58 So in what areas of ASW could AI make a difference

In the area on analysis of data. It then flags up specific point s of interest to be investigated by people

Multistatic sonar is more important for the above application, and AI could help process the huge amount of data multistatic systems collect. In a multistatic system a T31 could pull a powerful active sonar, essentially illuminating the underwater environment to be picked up by other passive sensor...

Multistatic sonar is more important for the above application, and AI could help process the huge amount of data multistatic systems collect. In a multistatic system a T31 could pull a powerful active sonar, essentially illuminating the underwater environment to be picked up by other passive sensor...

The tail hook addition to a UAV with a large centre line radar pod and pusher prop will be entertaining to see. UAVs of this size and information gathering capability suck in a lot of manpower. I think a lot of manpower supporting reaper was contractor based and for protector it will be service pers...

Another excellent article and now a regular columnist for the Telegraph. Great to get journalism of this quality in the mainstream media. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/iran-houthis-red-sea-missiles-israel-hamas-us-navy-carriers/ Particularly interesting to compare with what a RN CSG o...

Notice anything about this lovely model in 2017 https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/november-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6686-saab-and-lockheed-martin-selected-for-ran-hunter-class-frigate-combat-system.html Portably not an article I'd quote in any serious discussion. Was ...

The competition for the frigate was always about fitting a frigate around the Australian government requirements for CEA radars, SSMs and significant ESSMs. A requirement . If the T26 is having trouble incorporating that, then the trouble is the frigate, not the requirements. Not unreasonably in th...

The competition for the frigate was always about fitting a frigate around the Australian government requirements for CEA radars, SSMs and significant ESSMs. A requirement . If the T26 is having trouble incorporating that, then the trouble is the frigate, not the requirements. Not unreasonably in th...

In contrast the RN Type 26 seems to have been designed for the confined and comparatively benign northern Atlantic. Could you expand on this point, be interested to know to what design features you refer. How many adversary carrier battle groups is the RN likely to encounter in the North Atlantic? ...

SouthernOne wrote: ↑10 Nov 2023, 20:19
In contrast the RN Type 26 seems to have been designed for the confined and comparatively benign northern Atlantic.

Could you expand on this point, be interested to know to what design features you refer.

Brunei and cyprus have, for years, had different fleets to the ones in the uk. Not that much unusual in this decision which has nothing to do with chinooks. The central argument of NMH was moving away from small and diverse fleets. Whatever logic might be served by having small fleets of a widely u...

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/b-21-takes-sky-first-time-flight-testing-begins She flys https://x.com/shorealonefilms/status/1722993343485866184?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA You beat me to it! Though for some reason, since switching to 'X' the videos no longer appea...

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/ ... ing-begins

She flys

https://x.com/shorealonefilms/status/17 ... q02bHexwZA

the RN are operating only one high readiness task group There is no chance of the Navy operating a carrier group is one theater, and an amphibious group is another. When things heat up they are one and the same. Peace time is different, today for example, the carriers are doing different things to ...

donald_of_tokyo wrote: ↑10 Nov 2023, 12:37 Top level very important investment!!

There was a rumour that bulwark is stuck in dry dock because there is v boat waiting to go into dock blocking here exit.

I think people need to get it in there head that the RN are operating only one high readiness task group similar to cougar deployments in the past when it come to intervention operations that requires the capabilities being discussed.

Until that is accepted the rest simply doesn’t add up.

If you simply had 64 cells with with cells split 32, 16 and 16 with aster, camm mr and camm you would be at 128 missile in the ship, missile requirements of more that probably the entire current uk stock of missiles nearly in a single task group. Stock costs huge Another option is to spread the cel...