I think now that JLR are going to monocoque chassis' Ineos should be knocking on Bowler and Supacat's doors...

dmereifield wrote:What are Italian F35's doing at Marham?

Teasing the RAF?

A cockpit that folds sideways like the Guppies would be useful, but this looks like it is side loaded only... Side loaded via clamshell doors to fit 3 of these in, in 15 minutes. 1.5 tonne max in each one. https://i.imgur.com/65A26Hx.jpg Apologies, I should have specified... In relation to the F135...

What about the other underwing pylons that can be fitted to the F-35? If needed surely these could also carry a number of Meteors? How are you going to sneak up on the bad guys if you do that?? Well if we're doing it Sneaky-Beaky like, they won't know how many planes we have in the air and will tur...

A cockpit that folds sideways like the Guppies would be useful, but this looks like it is side loaded only...

I don’t really see the V-280 as a competitor to the V-22 but more of a complimentary aircraft, when you look at there size, there lift capacity and troop load they both fit in to different areas. To me the V-22 sits between a merlin and chinook in the above where as the V-280 sits between the wildc...

The Department of Defence (DoD) in Canberra announced on 13 July that it will procure an additional 8,500 Enhanced F88 (EF88) Austeyr 5.56 mm rifles to supplement the 30,000 rifles https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/australian-defence-force-to-acquire-8500-additional-ef88-austeyr-rifles...

Well unless the MoD makes a costly change to AirTanker's contract there is no chance of it happening... And the only way that will really have a chance of happening is if AirTanker can make money refuelling other nations (like Omega does).

So just confirming what we all said, should have used new airframes.
Well done MoD

Found this, thought it may prove of interest (and in some ways a little scary )

TBF, they did well dragging it out this long...

Other than making them feel special... What is the point of this new uniform?

Ron5 wrote:Why does the RAF hate the Sentinels so much?

Coz it's not a cool piece of kit unless you Yanks use it

As it says in the comments... Didn't a Wildcat land on her during Westlant 18?

Pierre Sprey doesn't seem to get much airtime anymore does he (not a bad thing, always thought he was a plank)

Ron5 wrote: It was a clusterF from the getgo. Well avoided.

Oh I agree it was well avoided, but the question I'm asking is, could they see (even in those early years) how much of a cluster it would be, or were there other reason's?

Does anyone happen to know why we dropped out of the NH90? The TTH (and more so the new MTT) would have been an obvious Puma replacement... And maybe if we was in, we could have fixed some of the issues early (like how stupidly low it sits)?

P. S. I can guess why we didn't want the NFH...

Ron5 wrote:Basically a 50 year old design, that's the ticket.

*Cough* Bell UH-1Y Venom *Cough*

Think the 169 is to small, "seating up to ten" would be in light order (it's barely any bigger than the Wildcat... It would have made a good basis for the Wildcat rather than the Lynx). The more ideal minimum size would be the 139.

The obvious replacement (based purely on spec's) would be the NH90, however that's still riddled with problems (from what I've read recently on the unreliable interweb), is massively expensive to operate and get parts for... Blackhawk is the more likely option MH139 is now a FMS OPTION (Although pro...

Start fining the retards...

For example, when he puts on the handguard, he is bolting it on... If they could find a push pin solution, that be better. Having said that, this generation is better than the previous one that used a unique bracket (so they could use the same handguard as the conventional rifle layout).

Yea, don't know much about the bigger brother, it looks like it could be as adaptable (though I haven't heard about a bullpup version)

(anyone speak Polish?)

The Bullpup needs a bit more refinement, but a very clever design...

serge750 wrote:It would of been built, but...wasn't (a) invincible going to be sold to OZ in the early eighties?

I believe talks were on going, right up until the Falklands kicked off.