Cut the number of troops we have to lift till the whole lot can fit into a Premiership football ground (Kenilworth Road)... Job Jobbed

8 to replace 2? Why so many, they aren't going to do a Voyager and rent them out are they?

I would assume an order of 25, with an often repeated suggestion of additional orders "later"...

Certainly did have this on the bingo card for 2023 new aircraft, now where was those plans for the Sunderland kept…. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/aviation-company-relaunching-pby-5-as-modern-military-aircraft Florida company plans to turn an iconic World War II seaplane design into a moder...

PhillyJ wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 21:39 As my boatbuilder lecturer told us on our course, assume, makes an ass out of u and me.

Or to quote a film "assumption is the mother of all f***-up's"

As expected indeed..... Quite frankly if the requirement drops to 25, then it's simply not worth setting up UK production, we might as well just crack on and buy off the shelf, or just lease. Setting up a production line for 25 aircraft would make them astronomically expensive, so if the government...

As we expected, looks like a cut in numbers is very likely. I would guess that they replace the Puma's. If there's any money behind the sofa, maybe the Dauphin's and everything else carries on as is or replaced by leased airframes. https://breakingdefense.com/2023/07/uk-reducing-new-medium-helicopte...

I've seen a few interviews with US former SF who have tried it, they pretty much all see it as a return to the "Battle" rifle days and expect it to be relegated to the DMR role sooner rather than later.

leonard wrote: ↑08 Jul 2023, 14:03 Dose anybody have any recent news on how the project Hunter...

I did post a tweet from Drummond, but it appears he has deleted it. According to him the Knights Armaments KS-1 has been selected and will be known as the L400A1.

A bit more from Drummond... L400?

mr.fred wrote: ↑05 Jul 2023, 19:43

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑05 Jul 2023, 12:27 It’s velocity that defeats body armour.

Depends on the armour.
Velocity can also defeat the bullet

And the barrel...


Interesting that 6.8 isn't being considered

Things are progressing...

On my tea break and just seen this...

Thoughts?

Tempest Strike and Reconnaissance... 3...

At a rough guess, something the size of PW F-35, so 40,000lbs or there abouts...

Agreed. Well done to all those involved.




Except the BBC director, who's coverage of the flypast was not good enough.

It would make sense, sharing costs and development of systems would benefit both aircraft. Economies of scale and all that. Plus, more countries would (in theory) be more interested in an F-16/Gripen sized aircraft, than a Tempest sized one.

While the 600+ engines for the B-52's will be assembled in the US, the BR700 was already in service long before that decision.

We do need to support industry to some degree, otherwise they won't be there to support the "bloke in a shed" when he comes up with a world beating idea. If we don't, eventually we'll be getting everything from the Yanks. But, then that might suit some people.

And the new boss is............. Commodore Blackmore flew the last ever sortie of a Harrier from a RN carrier, HMS Ark Royal (R07), in November 2010. At the time, Blackmore was a Flight Commander. So he'll be the one to sneak down in the middle of the night with some Dulux Emulsion and paint "...

Interesting concept. I'm not sure what the useful payload could be on a production version.

See, I told you it was a silly question

Probably a silly question, but how are we going to train Ukraine pilots on an aircraft that we haven't ever operated?

Surely Boeing should be able to say what aircraft to get... "Buy from such and such airline"...?