Add one more customer, Indonesia for 5 a/c for $2bn

http://www.janes.com/article/67064/indo ... d2-billion

Thank God, looked ugly where it is

@CR4ZYHOR5E

Potentially, but beware the disconned between the people that do the artwork compared to the actual technical staff.

There's a limit though between supporting industry and putting the armed forces at risk by supporting industry at all costs.

Outsourcing drives efficiency and cost reduction through industrial Darwinism. If UK industry wants the work it needs to be able to do a decent job at a competitive cost.

Ron5 wrote:

Defiance wrote:I am aware of the business that the company conducts, I merely commented how much market penetration in the US the UD acquisition provided.

@Defiance Sorry, I was replying to cockneyjock, should have made that clear.

No dramas

I am aware of the business that the company conducts, I merely commented how much market penetration in the US the UD acquisition provided.

UD acquisition is such a valuable asset to the company, arguably THE market penetration which made BAE a player in the US sector IMO.

Doubt the duel refueling probe receptor duplication could be used on other receptor only R.A.F. assist especially the future M.P.A perquirement. . Some forward thinking used for once. As our stupid air to air P.F.I precludes boom refueling or refueling the tankers. AirTanker isn't the reason we don...

Doubt the duel refueling probe receptor duplication could be used on other receptor only R.A.F. assist especially the future M.P.A perquirement. . Some forward thinking used for once. As our stupid air to air P.F.I precludes boom refueling or refueling the tankers. AirTanker isn't the reason we don...

~UNiOnJaCk~ wrote:Quite a bit more procrastination then? A bit better than only having the prototype working by the 2030s though!

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It is a fantastic deal for UK industry. I worked out, with some admittedly very woolly maths, the UK could fund 48 F35's just on the tax revenues from the share of the Americans work that passes through the UK The number I've seen thrown around is £1billion per production year into the Treasury I t...

I'd go along with that, sure. But I'd still say that claiming the UKs commitment was the driver for the expansion is misrepresenting the reality. The Pentagon want something like 120+ a year alone. The UK would be getting what less than 10% of that? (Off the top of my head). Oh yeah, the UK has got ...

shark bait wrote:

Defiance wrote:BAE Comms can be about as clued up as regular journos.

Sucking up to your customers, putting a nice PR spin on the news. Standard stuff .

Cringeworthy all the same that they play those sorts of games, the facility was built with the expansion in mind in the first place.

BAE Comms can be about as clued up as regular journos.

Don't need US ownership to make that happen. More political than industrial Speaking of which, Fallon has just said in Washington (hot on the heels of the P8 deal and confirmed intention for the F35s -if the price can be put right ) that if they want the UK to continue buying more and more of the k...

Pseudo wrote:If they bought BAe MAI it might make it easier for us to get in on the bottom floor of US sixth generation fighter development.

Don't need US ownership to make that happen. More political than industrial.

Ron5 wrote:Typhoon just got a "major export order".

Kuwait will extend the manufacturing line of front fuselage assemblies, but the UK assembly line will still be closing on the original timeframe.

Gabriele wrote:Of course they are not saying anything in detail about what they are testing and trying to accomplish.

and why is that if. .

Gabriele wrote:OSA has nothing to do with.

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Because that's what I was talking about, about how don't publish that stuff due to the OSA.

You said in your understanding, people talk about what the UCAV program will output as opposed to the prototype.

I read Gabs post about FCAS, all I was doing is confirming your own understanding and pointing out why that's the case - the OSA.

jonas wrote:Oh dear, you really have baited the hook there,

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As I understand it when people have been talking about Taranis capabilities and what it brings to the table, they are talking about the Taranis concept rather than the current prototype airframe (which will presumably be one of a series of different prototypes). Probably because you agree to sign t...