Australia has over 100 L119 in storage....are we just providing training facilties and this is in fact Australian (or someone elses) L119? Hi Timmy. Australia sold its HAMELs back to BAe Systems some years ago and, as the guns turning up in Ukraine have Australian cammo, I strongly suspect those ar...

F-35 value to UK ‘significantly higher' than before says Lockheed Martin https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/f-35-value-to-uk-significantly-higher-than-before-lockheed-martin I'd love to see their workings....bet they don't provide them to anyone....if MoD try and make the claim again th...

I think Abrams X was displayed with a fully hemispherical APS. Not really, it is presented with Trophy APS. Technically, T-14 Armata has vertical launching APS, together with horizontal one, but not sure if it is working (as there is no any public presentation of it) and, if it is, how effective it...

I'm still confused about this... Looks like Thales RapidRanger on URO Vamtac will be the Stormer replacement... RapidRanger on Vamtac is alread in service in Malaysia and Indonesia so might be ease of fielding...but does seem to ignore a Gun/Missile/EW solution like the Moog RiWP, which seems daft. ...

Looks like we know where the 150 Towed AA guns come from now... Hi Timmy. Do we have any better photos of this system in use in Ukraine? I'm afraid not. Turns out it 'might' not be the system supplied. There was a muzzle brake missing on the pic, which means it might be a Yugo built one. Still the ...

It's approaching that time of year when another delivery happens... Should be another flying shortly (BK-35/ZM169). Probably delivered together in late October/early November based on previous delivery cycles. The only question is if BK-31 which has been at Edwards AFB also comes over at the same t...

This is strictly from the companies point of view. If there is enough money anything can be done, but I wonder if MBDA has the floor space and the staff to start Storm Shadow production up again in conjunction with other orders? MBDA may be hesitant take people off CAAM and brimstone right now as t...

I don't follow missiles. Thinking of supplies to Ukraine, has Storm Shadow/Scalp production finished? France still has a production line for SCALP-EG in operation at the MBDA facilities in Bourges, its been used for export orders with Rafale. Not massive numbers, but according to Francis Tusa they'...

Jdam wrote: ↑23 Jan 2024, 14:50 Is Brimstone an ongoing production line?

Yes the 3B only recently finished testing so should replace the 3A in production.

I'm not sure where to put this - but it sounds interesting https://soldiersystems.net/2024/01/20/sig-sauer-expands-operations-in-united-kingdom/ “SIG will benefit from AI’s extensive UK market expertise and manufacturing and logistical infrastructure to assist in the transition toward a fully indep...

VL and canister launch have been mentioned previously.

Apparently a decision has been made. I bet archer I hope so, but only if it involves more UK content, particularly the gun and barrel. I was originally a fan of the RCH155....but everytime I see one fire I wonder about the effect on the suspension, plus its a whole lot easier to support a MAN HX ba...

Did Egypt jusrt express an interest in Typhoon or are there signs it wants to buy some? I do not think that Poland would choose Typhoon over KF-21 if it is happy dealing with ROK/KAI. Last thing I heard was that Poland would like to buy out Indonesia's stake in the programme. Turkey? After putting ...

Sounds to me that worst case scenario Warton is going to become a support, subassembly, and upgrade business between now and the early 2030s. There's 63 fuselages to provide Spain / Quadriga plus 40 ECR2 upgrades (and more for KSA?). Also bear in mind Tempest is a revenue generating project. Warton...

DE & S confirm that 38 AH-64E have been delivered. Remaining 12 are to be delivered by end of 2024 for the planned total of 50.

https://www.baesystems.com/en/feature/n ... rst-flight

I am not optimistic about KSA placing a follow on order unless price is no barrier. Same thing for another RAF order. Why pay for 4G Typhoon when 5G F-35 is cheaper, especially if F-35A. The peace dividend may be a thing of the past for the UK but that does not mean it is OK to spend extra funding ...

If the Army have a braincell they'll purchase 2 Decoy systems for every Real one... Counter-intelligence batteries have been discussed recently by a few people with experience. It should be a question everyone is asking. If the RAF aren't contacting the people who made the F-35 replicas for the dec...

Tempest414 wrote: ↑14 Jan 2024, 10:05 Did we not just buy SAAB Giraffe X1 for close radar

Not for weapons locating, they appear to be for AD gap filling and UAV detection.

Completely missed this.... The Thales Nederland GM200 Radar has been selected as the Deep Find part of Project Serpens...no idea on numbers but delivery is apparently in 2029 with IOC in the early 2030's. These also have a significant air surveillance capability. Presumably they'll be mounted on MAN...

Could the German Electronic Warfare version be an option, do we have anything that does that job right now? (I am assuming its something like the EF-18) It might be a good reason to buy Typhoons by possible introduction new abilities that cant be done by something else and it is not just more Typho...

Posted this in the Ukraine war thread....

Looks like we know where the 150 Towed AA guns come from now...

This might answer the question of what the 150 towed AA guns from the UK are/were...

https://aei-systems.com/ae20mm-cannon/

Reuters story...sanity finally prevails. https://www.reuters.com/world/germany-will-not-oppose-further-eurofighters-saudi-arabia-2024-01-07/?utm_source=reddit.com Reuters TEL AVIV, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Germany is prepared to allow further deliveries of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia, German Foreign M...