It matters who was in chargeGarethDavies1 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 15:05 Not sure that's totally fair given the number of the FRS1 pilots and technicians that were seconded from the RAF!
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- 04 Mar 2024, 15:22
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- 04 Mar 2024, 14:46
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
@SW1 forgot to show the last paragraph in the article: That many accidents during a collective 1.7 million flight hours gave a rate of .87 class A mishaps per 100,000 flight hours, lower than the Army’s overall rate of 1.03 and lower than the H-60’s previous five-year rate of 1.04. Flightfax’s revie...
- 04 Mar 2024, 14:38
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Ah but they were FAA. Fat chance with crab air running the show.Tempest414 wrote: ↑04 Mar 2024, 12:20 If we really needed to yes we would in the same way we sent 90% of the FRS1 fleet to the Falklands
- 03 Mar 2024, 16:51
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
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Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Both leonardo and airbus have offered production lines and full integration in the uk with airbus also offering export from there line Full integration = assembly of kits produced abroad with a smidgen of UK parts. All three offer that with varying amounts of smidgen. No R&D, no design, no prot...
- 03 Mar 2024, 16:45
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- Views: 56979
- 03 Mar 2024, 14:47
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
It’s a great idea but it might be best just to buy 50x UH-60 and immediately start the process of designing a universal helo design for joint use in the RAF, Army and RN. Already happening with the NATO Next-Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) program. Supposed to produce the Merlin replacement...
- 03 Mar 2024, 13:19
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- 03 Mar 2024, 13:17
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- Views: 56979
- 03 Mar 2024, 13:14
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
If they are falling over themselves for Blackhawk and wish to ignore the supposed industrial strategy cut the program delete the funding. They might get the message then that industrial resilience matters it’s not a catchy sound bite. yeah, that'll help the squaddies Does in France and Italy What o...
- 03 Mar 2024, 13:11
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6147
- Views: 1864623
- 03 Mar 2024, 13:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8490
- Views: 2195043
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Bloody awful resolution on those displays
- 03 Mar 2024, 13:07
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
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Re: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
Lovely video
- 02 Mar 2024, 21:20
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- Views: 56979
- 02 Mar 2024, 20:34
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Let's hope NMH doesn't end up as the second worse. Blackhawk is the only contender that's been designed for battle rather than being a civvy painted green. Should be an easy pick. Pity none of the contenders went for a full Union Flag paint scheme... Seems to have worked in the past. Suspect if Bla...
- 02 Mar 2024, 20:29
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
I thought this an interesting line in the government announcement yesterday on procurement shakeup. “ On exportability, yesterday I published the next stage of our New Medium Helicopter competition – this includes a strong weighting for exports to ensure the high quality rotary work it will support...
- 02 Mar 2024, 10:54
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
I thought this an interesting line in the government announcement yesterday on procurement shakeup. “ On exportability, yesterday I published the next stage of our New Medium Helicopter competition – this includes a strong weighting for exports to ensure the high quality rotary work it will support...
- 01 Mar 2024, 14:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Future ASW
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Re: Future ASW
donald_of_tokyo wrote: ↑01 Mar 2024, 14:12 Nice read, but no in specific detail, I thought. Diversity of options we have.
https://www.navylookout.com/the-royal-n ... ttlespace/
- 01 Mar 2024, 13:21
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
I thought this an interesting line in the government announcement yesterday on procurement shakeup. “ On exportability, yesterday I published the next stage of our New Medium Helicopter competition – this includes a strong weighting for exports to ensure the high quality rotary work it will support...
- 29 Feb 2024, 16:36
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8490
- Views: 2195043
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
So in summary you only want to buy two T32s. As T32=T31B2. No the opposite. Forget about T31 and T32. It’s obscuring. RN needs an improved T31 with a bit more capability. A maximised platform with known bottlenecks removed at build. IMO seven hulls is all that can be managed without further funding...
- 29 Feb 2024, 16:33
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
I thought this an interesting line in the government announcement yesterday on procurement shakeup. “ On exportability, yesterday I published the next stage of our New Medium Helicopter competition – this includes a strong weighting for exports to ensure the high quality rotary work it will support...
- 29 Feb 2024, 16:26
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Actual long term benefit to British Industry is considerable in the case of the Leonardo offering - which has also been selected by Poland and the US, so it's not exactly an orphan like Ajax. Shutting down a major Uk industry just as we're verging on a hot war with Russia? Not terribly smart. We're...
- 29 Feb 2024, 16:22
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
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- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Actual long term benefit to British Industry is considerable in the case of the Leonardo offering - which has also been selected by Poland and the US, so it's not exactly an orphan like Ajax. Shutting down a major Uk industry just as we're verging on a hot war with Russia? Not terribly smart. We're...
- 29 Feb 2024, 13:50
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
Actual long term benefit to British Industry is considerable in the case of the Leonardo offering - which has also been selected by Poland and the US, so it's not exactly an orphan like Ajax. Shutting down a major Uk industry just as we're verging on a hot war with Russia? Not terribly smart. We're...
- 28 Feb 2024, 14:23
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
- Replies: 480
- Views: 56979
Re: New Medium Helicopter [NMH] - (RAF & AAC)
If it is true that the services are overwhelmingly in favor of the Black Hawk, and assuming that's based on real objective data (not sentiment), it would be a total disgrace to select one of the other offerings. And yes, even if it goes against the industrial strategy. All offerings are basically bu...
- 28 Feb 2024, 14:16
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
I'm sure I've asked before but I have forgotten the answer but why on earth do they wear army camouflage?? Especially at sea. I think that its just the aircrew wearing the camouflage uniforms. But I could be wrong. Yeah but why?? They all Navy dudes and dudesses. There's no navy blue version of tha...