Ohh, well for the latter we can modify a weather balloon to be tethered and carry enough of payloadSW1 wrote: the working assumption was that merlin asw and aew would be replaced with unmanned systems
... but for the former
Ohh, well for the latter we can modify a weather balloon to be tethered and carry enough of payloadSW1 wrote: the working assumption was that merlin asw and aew would be replaced with unmanned systems
Perhaps along these linesArmChairCivvy wrote:Ohh, well for the latter we can modify a weather balloon to be tethered and carry enough of payloadSW1 wrote: the working assumption was that merlin asw and aew would be replaced with unmanned systems
... but for the former
I agree to a degree because you have to take in to account the wider impact on government finances of people being employed in the UK, paying taxes in the UK, and raising stable and well-educated children that will support their retirement.Lord Jim wrote:My only requirement is that we get the best Helicopter for the money available, above all other considerations. If the Government and Treasury want to make more funding available to allow Leonardo to match the price of any of the other bids then fine, we can build the Puma replacement in the UK. But if we can get a better helicopter from overseas then so be it.
Lord Jim wrote:My only requirement is that we get the best Helicopter for the money available, above all other considerations. If the Government and Treasury want to make more funding available to allow Leonardo to match the price of any of the other bids then fine, we can build the Puma replacement in the UK. But if we can get a better helicopter from overseas then so be it.
Depends on your time horizon. Seems to me every time we have lost a sovereign industrial capability the cost has gone up in the medium term. If Alvis were still in business the Army wouldn't be in such an expensive mess. I'm sure Boeing or Airbus would love to put in a headline low ball bid, thereby wiping out AW, and then make the profit back 5 times over in long term support cost.Lord Jim wrote:
as we have used that trick once already, why pass the parcel? Chinook and Apache are the only platforms there no talk about replacingLord Jim wrote:buy a controlling share form Leonardo
The Dept of Biz just did, £400 mln (matching another source for the initial funding) for low-orbit satellite constellation (to be put in place)Ron5 wrote:And no, the Treasury or any other part of government, should not, and will not, provide additional funds to the MoD in order for the MoD to do the right thing.
It's a brilliant example of why a lot of pant-wetting around the word 'demonstrator' isn't entirely justifiedRon5 wrote:They're painting an AW189 black. That's all.
Well they painted a Bell 222 black and that became Airwolf!?!Ron5 wrote:They're painting an AW189 black. That's all.
Yeah of course much better to use uk money to keep American aerospace workers employed while laying off your ownLord Jim wrote:Same old situation, the MoD has to possible pay more for something out of the its budget to keep a part of UK industry going. Isn't there a whole Governmental Department supposed to do that? And now they are to accept less capable platforms to achieve this as well. So much for giving our Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen/Airwomen the best kit to do the job, as the Politicians like to say as often as possible.