Really good document, thanks for posting.
Interesting, the graphic is cross-domain - Land Sea Air, specifically mentions carrier strike and ASW. Surely this should all be joint, or at least RN + RAF
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- 27 Mar 2024, 19:11
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Project Mosquito / Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 35643
- 27 Mar 2024, 15:00
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
- Replies: 13
- Views: 347
Re: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
That must have been a wrenching painful decision for those chaps, having to start a new life in 1960s California.
- 27 Mar 2024, 14:42
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
" A fixed-price contract for the program’s development has additionally forced Boeing to absorb approximately $1.3 billion in losses to date. "
Read that and weep, it would never happen here. Not with Boeing, not with BAE (Nimrod), not with GDUK Land Systems.
Read that and weep, it would never happen here. Not with Boeing, not with BAE (Nimrod), not with GDUK Land Systems.
- 26 Mar 2024, 11:38
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
- Replies: 13
- Views: 347
Re: Post-war British Aviation - [Fantasy and Speculation]
avbucc_6.png Here's the aircraft that should have been developed post TSR2, the Blackburn P150. It was a realistic project, a long range strike aircraft using the Buccaneer as a starting point, stretching it, applying area ruling and using the already developed Spey with reheat combination from the...
- 25 Mar 2024, 16:17
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
If I could have given that comment 10 thumbs up, I would have :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Bring it on! IMHO we needed two aircraft - an evolved supersonic Buccaneer and an evolved supersonic Hunter ie P1121. And then continue spiral deve...
- 22 Mar 2024, 15:46
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Just flapping his arms in hope of a bigger work share. One line had me scratching my head: If participating nations just want a next-gen platform, he said, that “already exists — it is called F-35 and can be modified easily.” I kind of agree. Sounds like lastminute workshare negotiations, let's fac...
- 19 Mar 2024, 09:15
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
- Replies: 595
- Views: 182225
Re: Boeing E-7 Wedgetail (RAF)
We should just cut Boeing a cheque for a billion a year as a xmas present and save all this mucking around.
- 15 Mar 2024, 16:24
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing Chinook (RAF)
- Replies: 310
- Views: 133319
Re: Boeing Chinook (RAF)
The Chairman of Boeing UK is a former top Civil Servant
“Thank you sir may I have another!”
“Thank you sir may I have another!”
- 14 Mar 2024, 22:04
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing Chinook (RAF)
- Replies: 310
- Views: 133319
Re: Boeing Chinook (RAF)
2 billion GBP for 14 chinooks
Sheesh
Well at least they won’t have a door to blow out mid flight.
And this is the day after a Boeing whistleblower “suicided”…
Sheesh
Well at least they won’t have a door to blow out mid flight.
And this is the day after a Boeing whistleblower “suicided”…
- 13 Mar 2024, 07:08
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
They brought Bronk back to Parliament.... :? He seems to have taken an issue with Japan and their more exquisite capability requirements... International Relations and Defence Committee: The Global Combat Air Programme Video: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c7fc2a65-ab60-4dd5-a63b-58eb11de014...
- 12 Mar 2024, 20:36
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Personally I'm thinking the next government if labour will definitely throw GCAP under the buss and try and hash a french plane , personally if I was BAE, I would turn around to the next government and say,we have a perfectly good plane and team up in gcap and if you want to throw it all under the ...
- 11 Mar 2024, 23:23
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Who is this “we “ he’s referring to?
If he means Europe well most of it has gone for the F35
If he means Europe well most of it has gone for the F35
- 10 Mar 2024, 14:15
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1011
- Views: 397892
Re: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
Given the potential volume of drones would it be possible / advisable to embark a couple of Starstreak teams? Just to give that extra layer.
- 07 Mar 2024, 17:38
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410414
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Start a recruiting office in Aberdeen there'll be no shortage of resource these days
- 03 Mar 2024, 18:31
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry - News & Discussion
- Replies: 86
- Views: 8746
Re: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry - News & Discussion
Boeing are in a serious pickle. Buying.Spirit means reversing the strategy of the last 2 decades.And they bring the liability back onto their books - no one else to blame now.
Luckily they still have a few dumb customers like us prepared to pay twice the USAF price for a P8 LOL
Luckily they still have a few dumb customers like us prepared to pay twice the USAF price for a P8 LOL
- 01 Mar 2024, 14:52
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 479
- Views: 49467
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
UK Research and Innovation, part of BIS, has a 25 billion GBP budget over the next 3 years.
Surely some of that could be tipped into productionising UN sovereign defence technologies, or at least making up some of the cost deta
Surely some of that could be tipped into productionising UN sovereign defence technologies, or at least making up some of the cost deta
- 01 Mar 2024, 09:01
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 479
- Views: 49467
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Actual long term benefit to British Industry is considerable in the case of the Leonardo offering - which has also been selected by Poland and the US, so it's not exactly an orphan like Ajax. Shutting down a major Uk industry just as we're verging on a hot war with Russia? Not terribly smart. We're...
- 29 Feb 2024, 15:01
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 479
- Views: 49467
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Actual long term benefit to British Industry is considerable in the case of the Leonardo offering - which has also been selected by Poland and the US, so it's not exactly an orphan like Ajax. Shutting down a major Uk industry just as we're verging on a hot war with Russia? Not terribly smart. We're...
- 28 Feb 2024, 17:23
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 479
- Views: 49467
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Heretical thought here - should we be buying ANY non-marinised helicopters from here on in? Given the pretty clear tilt to an expeditionary CONOPs. Where exactly is an Army-only helicopter going to be used? BAOR doesn't exist anymore. The USMC don't operate Blackhawk. Or Chinook. Or Apache. I'd put ...
- 28 Feb 2024, 17:08
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 479
- Views: 49467
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Actual long term benefit to British Industry is considerable in the case of the Leonardo offering - which has also been selected by Poland and the US, so it's not exactly an orphan like Ajax. Shutting down a major Uk industry just as we're verging on a hot war with Russia? Not terribly smart. We're ...
- 25 Feb 2024, 19:38
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
- 25 Feb 2024, 14:57
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
- 24 Feb 2024, 15:45
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
It's interesting. Aeralis are confirmed subsonic only, ie going for "everything below T7 / M346 / T-50". Which is quite a huge market, but not a LIFT for a 5th/6th gen fighter. But for sure there'll be synergies. For one thing Aeralis are now half owned by the Qatar sovereign wealth find, ...
- 24 Feb 2024, 12:11
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
- Replies: 4067
- Views: 951391
Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Interesting. I don't see how the Aeralis concept could be applicable to the LIFT part - it would surely need to be supersonic.
Maybe some kind spin out of GCAP using M346 as a base
Maybe some kind spin out of GCAP using M346 as a base
- 23 Feb 2024, 08:54
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: BAE Systems plc
- Replies: 191
- Views: 15604
Re: BAE Systems plc
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/k ... 024-01-29/
Wow that's a nice little earner - put 6 million in, and cash out with 49% of a billion dollar IPO
Wow that's a nice little earner - put 6 million in, and cash out with 49% of a billion dollar IPO