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- 18 Jan 2024, 10:01
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779477
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
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 ...
- 17 Jan 2024, 18:10
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779477
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
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...
- 17 Jan 2024, 12:17
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
- Replies: 615
- Views: 215468
Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
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.
- 17 Jan 2024, 12:06
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779477
- 16 Jan 2024, 18:31
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779477
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
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 ...
- 15 Jan 2024, 07:57
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
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...
- 14 Jan 2024, 11:36
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Not for weapons locating, they appear to be for AD gap filling and UAV detection.
- 14 Jan 2024, 09:52
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
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...
- 13 Jan 2024, 15:07
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779477
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
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...
- 12 Jan 2024, 15:43
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 201401
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Posted this in the Ukraine war thread....
Looks like we know where the 150 Towed AA guns come from now...
Looks like we know where the 150 Towed AA guns come from now...
- 11 Jan 2024, 12:19
- Forum: Conflicts
- Topic: The war in Ukraine
- Replies: 1164
- Views: 96762
Re: The war in Ukraine
This might answer the question of what the 150 towed AA guns from the UK are/were...
https://aei-systems.com/ae20mm-cannon/
https://aei-systems.com/ae20mm-cannon/
- 08 Jan 2024, 11:40
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2837
- Views: 779477
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
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...
- 05 Jan 2024, 14:58
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Any guarantee the work will take place at Barrow? Thats where it was done previously and where all of the experience in the titanium fabrication is. Pretty much nailed on. I guess the equipment is still there but how much of that knowledge and skill has gone to the wind over the years? It only ende...
- 05 Jan 2024, 09:33
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Thats where it was done previously and where all of the experience in the titanium fabrication is. Pretty much nailed on.
- 04 Jan 2024, 14:59
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Some good news.... BAE in Barrow in Furness back in M777 business....all the complex Titanium stuff is at Barrow... Now all we need is barrel manufacture and artillery propellant....suspect both will happen in due course... https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1742902392054567417 BAE Press Releas...
- 19 Dec 2023, 12:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1013
- Views: 436602
Re: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
I can go down the 'rabbit hole' for ages on Secret Projects. It's always interesting to remember the RN drive in the 70's and early 80's to retain mass by building cheaper (and proposing) comparatively small warships, few exceeding 4,000 tons. Compare a 1970's patrol frigate, the T21 GP to today's ...
- 18 Dec 2023, 17:37
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1013
- Views: 436602
Re: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
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 sup...
- 18 Dec 2023, 11:13
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2433
- Views: 539379
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
It would be funny if GD was only renting the racking....over the years the cost may have used up all their profit margin....
- 17 Dec 2023, 09:38
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
- Replies: 615
- Views: 215468
Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
Its always been one of the big questions marks for our Apache's (from me), if we had put it on the AH1 I think we would have used them during the Afghanistan war and then we would have gotten our moneys worth with that investment. After that you could have made sure it was on the E's from the start...
- 15 Dec 2023, 16:17
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Morpheus Cancelled
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1165
- 15 Dec 2023, 15:21
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 891
- Views: 323972
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Interesting thread on Caesar....turns out its not all that. I've never been a fan of Caesar. Useful for firefighting, expeditionary type warfare. But seems to have a lot of the drawbacks of SPG's (size, cost) but few of the advantages (little armour, reliance on manual loading and exposed crew, even...
- 13 Dec 2023, 16:31
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19402
- Views: 9735850
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Does anyone know if the RN has trialled the 40mm "upgrade kit" for the DS30M? It seems that that might be an interim solution, particularly for vessels where a larger change might require an element of re-design (T45/ T26), or where life is limited (T23). Once the BAE 40mm has been adopte...
- 11 Dec 2023, 08:06
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1765851
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
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...
- 08 Dec 2023, 22:01
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1765851
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
This is just stupid, firstly there's no money, secondly there's a desperate requirement to fill up carriers in a time of war and thirdly it would fook up Tempest... Why does this idea keep getting rolled out every year??? https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1733087811304116578 I've reached t...
- 07 Dec 2023, 08:57
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Hill Helicopters
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3332
Re: Hill Helicopters
If they can certify it and build it at that price....they'll sell a thousand +....best intentions etc... https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732450434650968485 https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732483063857222106 https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732482615687471235 https:...