May 31 additional US $300 million tranche of military aid, 39th presidential “drawdown” of U.S. equipment for Ukraine , total $38.3 billion since August 2021. The package not surprisingly includes AA missiles for Patriot and NASAMS • Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems; • AIM-7 miss...

MK41 on T31. Assuming that per 32 (8x4, 8 pack costing ~£12m) costs ~£50m, that is £250m, or 1/8 of inital programme cost and probably 1/10 of eventual programme cost. How does this compare to TA/PS with torpedo launch method (Other than heli's, can include UAV). According to Shephard Media, the co...

MK41 on T31. Assuming that per 32 (8x4, 8 pack costing ~£12m) costs ~£50m, that is £250m, or 1/8 of inital programme cost and probably 1/10 of eventual programme cost. How does this compare to TA/PS with torpedo launch method (Other than heli's, can include UAV). According to Shephard Media, the co...

Interesting list…. Agreed, and the T31 GP compares remarkably well if configured to the full potential. The FDI is the direct competition which adjusted for inflation much be around £500m now. The T31 GP beats the FDI on virtually every metric including price. The £450m T31 GP is very well rounded ...

What we also have to remember is the Constellation class are in the same league as Type 26 both in cost and kit Think to say T26 in same league as Constellation is an exageration if you include its AAW capabilities Constellation has the larger and much more powerful and modern SPY-6(V)3 GaN radar a...

It is getting the similar fit Vigile ESM the Type 45 and 23 has and it will have normal comms including satcom. Can you explain how this is minimal or limited? MoD/Navy has its new £500 million Maritime Electronic Warfare Programme (MEWP) and assume will be funded as GFE for the surface fleet in th...

May 22, 2023 - DOD announces $375M package for Ukraine The action is the 38th drawdown from U.S. inventories being sent to Ukraine since August 2021. The package, being funded via presidential “drawdown” authority that will directly transfer weapons from U.S. stocks includes: • Additional ammunition...

The Washington Post reporting that the Patriot system claimed to be destroyed by Russia. Deputy Pentagon Spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Thursday that the United States provided “some assistance” on the repair of the system, but declined to offer additional detail. A U.S. defense official had earlier...

Italy has delivered its part of SAMP/T to Ukraine and now waiting for French to complete its part, understand with its the Thales ~80 km range X-band Arabel MFR, SAMP/T can defend an area of 150 Km2 against ballistic missiles, which equates to ~14 km range PS The SAMP/T NG with the Aster 30 B1 NT bo...

At the May IMDEX biennial Singaporean maritime and defence show more details revealed of the RSN new Multi-Role Combat Vessel (MRCV). The MoU signed in March betwee Singapore’s Defence Sciences and Technology Agency (DSTA) and Saab responsible for the stealthy design and the smart technologies such ...

Re recent Sunak and Zelensky meeting at Chequers, mention made of shipping hundreds of air defence missiles, wondering if referring to CAMM, there was talk last year of sending Sky Sabre to Ukraine, but have seen no confirmation any sent or seen any tweets mentioning Sky Sabre (an Army Sky Sabre bat...

Poland March 2018 awarded $4.75 billion contract for two Patriot batteries with 16 launchers for their Phase 1 Wisla programme (Shield of Poland) for its medium range air defence system in preference to MEADS and SAMP/T Aster. Included in 2018 Poland contract a $713 million deal to buy the US Army N...

Mar 25th, 2010 the initial four year £127 million Assessment Phase design contract was placed with BAE Systems to develop the Type 26 Global Combat Ship, Think Defence reported outrun £173 million. April 1st, 2015 BAE awarded the £859 million T26 Demonstration Phase contract. July 2nd, 2017 £3.7 bi...

Babcock now faces a financial hit of up to £100m on the £1.25bn programme. So far…. And again we have to ask how is this effecting BAE and Type 26 as they will be facing all of the same problems could we see the type 26 program costing 10 billion in the end due to inflation across the program and a...

The Telegraph 6th May Costs Since a contract to build the warships was signed with Babcock in November 2019, the MoD has agreed to pay an additional £40m to cover the impact of coronavirus shutdowns and supply chain troubles // But a subsequent call for more cash to deal with inflation has been reje...

Suggestions that the Khinzal misfired, doubt that a Patriot has the capability to take out a fully operational Mach 10+ Khinzal, currently a lot of pressure from US Congress on the MDA to come up with a Glide Phase Interceptor, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have each won contracts to continue devel...

Dumb argument. It's the cost of the damage done by any particular weapon that counts, not the cost to acquire. Medieval knights spent thousands on armor to keep out arrows costing pennies. Millions of other examples today and through history. Would point out at the Battle of Agincourt that particul...

I also think that recent conflicts including Russian invasion of Ukraine and Saudi-Houthi War have shown that you need a variety of GBAD to counter the wide variety of missiles, munitions and drones that are bing used. Where drones can cost in thousands, not worth using anti-aircraft missiles costi...

The Ukrainian forces have claimed to have shot down a Khinzal hypersonic missile with the newly acquired Patriot system if confirmed this would be a first ,but are there any other systems who may also be capable to do this? Suggestions that the Khinzal misfired, doubt that a Patriot has the capabil...

IRIS-T - first system del'd to Ukraine last October and has shot down over 60 targets .Videos have shown how these missiles have engaged and destroyed missiles like the Kalibr (Russian Tomahawk) amid heavy Russian barrages and the Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. One big plus is it can share info...

Another radar option, often wondered why CW radar not more popular as much simpler to manufacture and operate and lower cost (used with Bloodhound and Thunderbird). Continuous-wave radar maximize total power on a target because the transmitter is broadcasting continuously (uses two arrays, transmitt...

MoD has ordered 11 Saab Giraffe 1X(band) AESA radars, one is for the RN 270t RV XV Patrick Blackett, according to the Saab PR the others are for "operational environments" is anyone able to translate this into understandable English. https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2023/saabs...

MoD has ordered 11 Saab Giraffe 1X(band) AESA radars, one is for the RN 270t RV XV Patrick Blackett, according to the Saab PR the others are for "operational environments" is anyone able to translate this into understandable English. https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2023/saabs-...

Re: DSR - Hunter-class programme under threat? New Albanese Labor government took office last June, their 110-page Defence Structure Review published and is scathing of the ADF’s current acquisition processes, declaring them not fit for purpose, was based on was based on a balanced force model capab...