With all the recent investment in U.K. yards combined with the rising experience levels as the programs proceed there is no reason why building naval vessels in the U.K. is going to be automatically more expensive than other advanced European economies with comparable labour costs. One costs £100m ...

LRG/N will probably always be with JEF, because, well, what else is there.
Just like LSG/S will be EoS

1) Neither QNLZ or PWLS would be sailing at 15 knots, most likely their maximum sustained speed. 2) A 72 hour readiness period for PWLS would not be required, because it would be included within the transit time (unless the requirements, as at 3) were to be supplied via a USN naval base. 3) The maj...

1) Humanitarian aid importance will be dictated by future government and its priorities. 2) Wouldn't say that MMD is a 'outrageous luxury', just some features of it. Though I do amit that a bit of it's value came from also being a GP frigate at the time of it's inception, you would be surprised how...

1) HMS PoW is much closer.

2) It is about a 10 or 11 day sail at 15 knots, add 3 days on because the rediness requirement is for 72 hours, then it could be a two week voyage there.

3) We won't do anything.

mk54 was always planned as the intermediary.

This has and always was separate to NMH, these FOST helicopters are owned by a contractor, like the aggressor aircraft we also have on contract. Completely unrelated to NMH. Yes, but with the MoD stating what aircraft they would prefer, there has to be a link in their thinking. At least, I hope som...

Interesting post from Gabriel, is this a sign that the AW149 has won NMH (as we all expected it probably would) or if something else wins, is it a sign that the MoD is going to add yet another type to the inventory instead of using some joined-up thinking (and we all probably expect this too :lol: ...

I think it's time to start looking at the delivery times of F-35 vs tempest. Tempest with deliveries starting 2035, how quickly will our F-35B Batch 2 order arrive? Is the +27 jets worth it? Used as delay overlap? Batch 3? Larger Batch 2? All important questions. I don't put this against tempest, ju...

Scimitar54 wrote: ↑28 Nov 2023, 00:28 Diego Garcia?

British Indian Ocean Territory



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia

Hey, that sounds an awful lot like the BAE leander...
which costs the same as a AH140...

used for mainland french patrol and nuclear deterrence missions.

Further to recent OPV discussions. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/11/frances-dga-orders-7-new-opv-for-the-french-navy/ 7 new French 2400t OPVs for €900m or £112m unit. A stretched River to 115m LOA and around 2500t at £125m unit certainly looks plausible in comparison. Did a large post a...

The French navy has ordered 7 new larger OPV's. A bit over £100m each. Initial 7, +3 in the future around ~2030 The Patrouilleurs Hauturiers OPVs will have a displacement of about 2,400 tons. The vessels can accommodate up to 84 personnel (crew + passengers) and have a range of 6,000 nautical miles....

Some of you are going to love this: https://twitter.com/MarinhaPT/status/1727736515613073750 My opinion? - Nice - Earlier renders where much more ugly - No, Not suitible for MQ-9B STOL ops. That is for the 250m long ship range (If you want a load with any endurance). - The UAV's it will handle will ...

The funny thing about some of these rubbish takes on here about MRSS is that the KUR will be released early next year, Meaning soon we will se the RN reveal what, even against some opinions here, will be the think that happens and thus the ultimate truth.

KUR=Key User Requirement.

Gobaleye for NATO still isn't strictly out of the question.

an entire thread?

Royal Navy has interest in ghost bat, and the RAF too.

AW609??? seriously?

dmereifield wrote: ↑21 Nov 2023, 16:49 Care to speculate?

integration of Mk 41 VLS...

To hunt a submarine one must first become a submarine...

We need a britten norman version of this, for the Navy and army.

+ whether they will be constructed at roysth. Also how close they will be to Visby 2.0, Pohjanmaa-class, e.c.t. or any of the ~100m ship designs in that range that both saab and babcock have had in recent years. The Luleå class will 100% not be constructed at Rosyth. The hull will probably be built...