It will also be a sovereign capable controllable product for the user-partner countries. F-35 is notoriously bad at this, with long development and even longer weapons integration times. When you consider F35 started in the JAST programme 39 years ago and it's still 5/6 years from full weapons inte...

This is predominantly an industrial project for all the nations concerned not just Italy. This is an a/c that will replace typhoon and the F2 in service with their respective countries. It represents more than a simple replacement, GCAP represents a giant leap forward in capability. It's projected ...

The gripen e isn’t that small in physical size in terms of fast jets. I still do not really see how people are scaling the aircraft with what they’ve made public when they continually talk about it being huge in size. Is it physical size, weight or range or something else. The Italian requirement i...

The gripen e isn’t that small in physical size in terms of fast jets. I still do not really see how people are scaling the aircraft with what they’ve made public when they continually talk about it being huge in size. Is it physical size, weight or range or something else. All indicators, including...

Work with Boeing on a scaled up T7? Gripen E with a Tempest engine? Probably a next version of gripen. Not much of a need for anything better. No reason to switch to T7, would be a step sideways at best instead of forward, In a game where each move costs dearly. I'm sure in the late 2030's, SAAB co...

So, Sweden is definitly out? Well they are out of tier one at least, to be fair it's hard to see how a very large twin engined fighter that's likely to be three / four times the size of Gripen would fit into Swedish doctrine..... The French dominance of the opposing choice makes that equally unappe...

Almost any vessel with a flight deck & hangar could ferry replacement aircraft and transfer them across to the carrier using VTOL It would melt the flight deck. I was kind of assuming that they would apply relevant coatings (and strengthening, where applicable), but maybe all posts should be ac...

Almost any vessel with a flight deck & hangar could ferry replacement aircraft and transfer them across to the carrier using VTOL It would melt the flight deck. I was kind of assuming that they would apply relevant coatings (and strengthening, where applicable), but maybe all posts should be ac...

Almost any vessel with a flight deck & hangar could ferry replacement aircraft and transfer them across to the carrier using VTOL It would melt the flight deck. I was kind of assuming that they would apply relevant coatings (and strengthening, where applicable), but maybe all posts should be ac...

Almost any vessel with a flight deck & hangar could ferry replacement aircraft and transfer them across to the carrier using VTOL It would melt the flight deck. I was kind of assuming that they would apply relevant coatings (and strengthening, where applicable), but maybe all posts should be ac...

I thought the Superstructure Breaks in T23 were in response to how fire spread through Aluminium Superstructure. In effect fire Breaks. These were the First class designed post Falklands, and included Lessons learnt, Including the retention of Main Gun. I stand to be corrected but T23 doesn't have ...

It’s all about destabilising European economies using proxies of proxies (Iran in this case) by Russia with implicit support by China. Other countries are just sat on the fence working out how the new world order will look. And this is what I have been saying for sometime and why I keep going on ab...

This might be a daft question....but I'll ask it anyway. T23's have 3 seperate superstructures. The forward superstructure with the bridge, the midships superstructure with funnels and the stern superstructure with the hangar. I can understand the need for the gap between the bridge and midships su...

I'll put this here, but if the mod's want to move it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDyxsYmFL-Q The night time parts are really cool by the way :thumbup: Facinating, thanks for posting. It's really interesting to see RVL being truly tested and opened out at progressively increasing speed. As yo...

Despite the fact that we are actually contributing two ships, with Lancaster having left the Persian Gulf and steaming southwards (as of last night). Moving Lancaster to the Red Sea is a quick fix but now RN has no escort in the gulf. Another gap. Having Diamond and Duncan either side of Suez is gr...

Despite the fact that we are actually contributing two ships, with Lancaster having left the Persian Gulf and steaming southwards (as of last night). Moving Lancaster to the Red Sea is a quick fix but now RN has no escort in the gulf. Another gap. Having Diamond and Duncan either side of Suez is gr...

...with potential. Yes a lot more potential then any River Class Batch 1, 1.5, 2 or 3. Perhaps superficially. If a RB3 embarked 6x TEU each containing 12x CAMM that’s 72x CAMM with the Wildcat hanger and flight deck still operational. Backed up by the 57/40mm’s. If the T31 only has 12x CAMM fitted ...

For me we will need OPV's and also GP frigates but the OPV's will need something like NS50 and 40mm and if possible LMM I would agree there's certainly a place for a better armed River B2 to take some of patrol tasks in lower threat areas, but be able to defend itself robustly via a 40mm mount and ...

Noteworthy report. https://news.sky.com/story/uk-signs-deal-with-japan-and-italy-to-build-next-generation-fighter-jets-in-britain-13029959 I read a lot of the convention. I don't like it. I hope it is not implemented in its current form. Why? Principally because it sets out to protect the project f...

Noteworthy report. https://news.sky.com/story/uk-signs-deal-with-japan-and-italy-to-build-next-generation-fighter-jets-in-britain-13029959 I read a lot of the convention. I don't like it. I hope it is not implemented in its current form. Why? Principally because it sets out to protect the project f...

I would say a good weapon to have would be 2 x 8 round LMM systems with 4 x reloads stored in the ships mag = 80 missiles a cheap but very effective weapon this along with the 57mm and CAMM May be, but it will be only for self defense, too short range. As T31 has a 57mmgun, even the range may overl...

Is this the same Nicholas Drumond who was ecently advocating "gifting" all of UK Challenger MBT to Ukraine and UK then buying Leopard II to replace them? Whilst being employed by IIRC KNDS!! I wonder if he also has a consultancy agrement with LM..... Suspect more a case of helping out a f...

Don't see why labour would be against it. And yes it should be ring-fenced. Who knows, have Labour embrased it? Have they confirmed anything to do with GCAP? As an additional issue, there are rather fanatical pro EU elements within the Labour party, determined to push us as close to EU structures a...

https://twitter.com/baesystemsair/status/1730192522146623613?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA All coming along nicely, we are all on tender hooks for contract signature now, it would be a nice Christmas present for us to hear it's been signed off. On that note, I hope there's been back channels op...

Airbus looking at A330neo MRTT. https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/multi-mission-aircraft/airbus-develop-second-generation-mrtt-based-a330neo https://www.airbus.com/en/products-services/defence/military-aircraft/a330-mrtt https://aircraft.airbus.com/en/aircraft/a330/a330-200 https://aircraft.ai...