new guy wrote: ↑11 Dec 2023, 21:36 I believe MoD would buy MK41 separately, and this contract is to put it, or whatever the negotiated fit is, in the ship. Same with T26.

Would the order for the MK41 not happen before this?

Because Lockheed Martin aren’t involved n tempest. Here's an idea for Lockheed, get your software sorted out and integrate our weapons in a timely manner and you might have a leg to stand on. 11 years for meteor is still unacceptable (and that doesn't include the added time to retrofit and update o...

"Quick we don't have enough F-35's, I know lets buy more of F-35's!" It doesn't really make sense, don't they come off the same production line? :wtf: If they RAF wants more aircraft it always comes back to the Tranche 1 Typhoons and getting the support structure set up for them. Nicholas ...

https://twitter.com/Gabriel64869839/status/1730214654125781355 A bit more from the link G White posted. The MOD has chosen the UK manufactured Sting Ray Torpedo as its future torpedo capability alongside continued use of the United States Navy Mk54 weapon on the RAF’s Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircra...

Might be a self inflicted wound.

Hopes for Brimestone on Apache or just sluggish procurement?

The Royal Navy wants the Mk 41 on the Type 31 and Babcock are also finalising design activities including integration of Mk 41 VLS but it seems like we are unwilling to take the final step and announce that its going to happen. I guess it start off a bunch of other stuff as we would need for it to h...

Probably an unpopular opinion; cats and traps is an unhelpful distraction from developing the carriers I do agree, I would love to have two cats and traps carriers but we have been through the mill with these carriers, with defects, possibility of only getting one and other scares, now that we have...

Your future ASaC there.

I wonder how much it was lightened as it just seemed to leap off the deck.

CAMM / Sea Ceptor seem to be one of our biggest success stories.

Since we have not seen anything since December, it was clear something had went wrong.

We really have mastered the art of the capability gap

Its something that's been on my mind for a while, we have all called for more equipment/funding for the armed forces but are we saying (for example) if due to world events we were order another 8 type 26's we wouldn't have the manpower to use them?

I wonder if its more of a bargaining chip for the FCAS rather than any real desire to switch tempest.

I think we are ok with Japan and Italy.

You can see why the deck needs protective paint.

All ships seem to have their gremlins and the lifts seems to be the QE ones.

Excluding Govan and Rosyth, I don't think there is any other Scottish Shipyards except Ferguson Marine.

Happy to be correct on that one.

Its now a Catch 22, they have no work for after the ferries so the work force are in no hurry to finish them, they cant get more work cause of how they have handled these ferries.

It feels as though UK decisions just now are being made on what can be done not what should be done; resource-based rather than strategy-led.

Is this everything coming home to roost?

I wonder if the future cruise (Low observable, subsonic) is going to be a product improved storm shadow. I cant see how else they will get it in service by 2028.

Nice bit of accounting there, over the course of 6 months we will deploy 16k of people, just not all at once

Bear in mind that the Storm Shadow sent to Ukraine are all non-MLU'd missiles so will have been discarded anyway in the very near future. Given how many have been fired off in Ukraine it shows how many didn't have the mid life upgrades :problem: I take MBDA is busy with other weapons right now?