SKB wrote:I wonder if this means the number of F-35's to be bought will decrease and be boosted by a greater number of less expensive Tempests ?

Here you go..

Some details on weaponry...

SKB wrote:Does it have a single or twin engines?

100% a twin. 2 engines in the infographic earlier.

Better look at the planform..

SKB wrote:s there a carrier variant for an angled deck cats 'n traps QE future refit?

Haha...

But hang on...it does have twin nose wheels....

RetroSicotte wrote:Curse my work blockers. Can't see the pics other than Armchairs.

Go to the Guardians Business Live report, there are a few in there, unlikely to be blocked.

And a full frontal..

Yet more detail...

Best pic so far...

I expected a CGI, not an actual full size mock up! Looks essentially to be an F-35...wonder how it differs. I had been expecting tailless, personally. France/Germany demoed as such. Agreed. Bit of a rabbit out of the hat. Stolen a bit of a march on the Germans and French there. The tailless aspect ...

And some more...

ew European AEW aircraft the Brits have paid to derisk. There wouldn't be a market for it in Europe right now either. The French have continued to keep their E-3's up to spec, so won't be looking for a replacement until 2035 minimum, the Italians have some Israeli Gulfstreams as part of a deal on M...

xav wrote:MLP long range ATGM

This sounds like a missile that is 10 years too late. It doesn't seem to offer any benefit over Hellfire. Certainly it sounds inferior to JAGM. And from the specs mentioned it 's massively inferior to Brimstone 2.

Lord Jim wrote:I have come around to he fact that the three cell stand alone ExLS id probably the best launch system for the Sea Ceptor for both the T-26 and T-31e.

It would be nice if Brimstone 2 or Spear were actually integrated to EXLS as well.

Another interesting snippet, the future missile is definitely not going to be submarine launch-able. Thats a surprise. I guess the French see no need as they're only just getting MdCN. The UK seems wedded to Tomahawk and replacement. Lets just hope that they've designed it so it could be made sub-s...

Yeh could of been so good for Airbus if they had pushed to replace mpa Nimrod ( & the uk gov played ball !!! ) It wasn't the UK government. It was BAE and Airbus playing nicely. At the time BAE had just divested itself of its 20% holding in Airbus (something the government should never have all...

efitting old planes to the SF std ( if we sell all the short bodied one) sounds stupid' but then again, the A-400M is bigger still, so might not suit all occasions in such a use It's the whole fleet size now that worries me (and the suitability of the long fuselaged variant for AAR). Perhaps we're ...

- Boeing having outplayed their remedies, and can do nothing further now. But may have hurt their military business in more than one country, going forward. With Wedgetail and Poseidon they have working, selling product. Airbus do not. Where Airbus have a product (A330 MRTT) they're cleaning up. If...

Can't remember seeing this here... https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/raf-c-130j-written-off-after-crashing-in-iraq/ https://web.archive.org/web/20180708125429/https:/twitter.com/obretix/status/1015767349163675649 Apparently, it was a long fuselage one (the variant we're keeping). As far as I can tell,...

Dahedd wrote:Surely all bluff & bluster (aimed at folk who don't know better) on the part of Airbus given that they don't have an AEW system of their own to offer in competition?

Plus they seem to be pissed off after going in to bat for May at Chequers. Seems like they assumed there was some quid pro quo...

f they quickly did a rfi for "military off the shelf" jet awacs, airbus would probably moan about that too. Seems very much like Boeing with the 737 vs Cseries punch-up, they don't have a direct competitor and are trying to bully their way to a sale. Doesn't even have to be in service, ju...

Lord Jim wrote:ould they consider operating their P-8As as part of a joint Maritime Patrol force together with the RAAF P-8As and UAVs?

Realistically they have to. Otherwise how on earth are they going to get any experience training with actual submarines...the RNZN aren't going to be much help with that.

Seeing the Canadian problems it is good to see we are not alone in having a screwed up procurement process. Government support for industry is on the whole a good thing as long as the money to do so comes form the right budget and Defence is not the one that should be used. Agreed. As long as the p...

Would be a nice thing to have them ( especially Wedgetail ) equipped for AAR, if possible probe and drogue... There's always the possibility that if its only boom equipped that with P-8, C-17, RC-135 and E-7A all boom only that the RAF might finally get a boom on Voyager...in terms of capability bo...

Hadn't known we ever did, actually! Learn something new every day. Cheeky place to put them. Literally can't exit the Med without coming within range of rock cave fortified AShMs. Unbelievably low priority these days, but an amusing "British supervillain lair defence" thought all the same...