https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2020-07-17/project-mosquito-uks-loyal-wingman-program-moves-ahead In July 2019, the Dstl announced that Phase 1 contracts had been awarded to three teams, led by Blue Bear Systems Research, Boeing Defence UK, and Callen-Lenz. The latter is part of Team...

Pseudo wrote:

SW1 wrote:Interactive 3D

https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/team-tempest/tempest/

Is it just me or do the weapons bays not look particularly big?

I wouldn’t read a whole lot into the graphical representations of such things at this stage.

Beijing buying one billion barrels of Iranian Oil per day That's somewhat optimistic! The Silk Road would be brought to a standstill by all the road tankers needed to transfer it! I presume they meant one million barrels a day - around 25% of Iran's current production. Quite possibly. What I find i...

https://www.defenseworld.net/news/27432/Joi#.XxGrPiV4XDu Details of a compressive Iran-China “quarter-century deal” in the making has emerged which will allow the setting of joint military bases, Beijing buying one billion barrels of Iranian Oil per day and ‘Silk Route’ trading initiative to pass th...

Very possibly. Though I suspect they maybe long term stored initially as BA operates in normal time some high capacity routes from LHR to JFK and Dulles. But in general anything with more than about 330 seats without very high bypass engines is an endangered species for now.

I thought we would of learned lessons about calling for arbitrary gdp numbers to be spent on defence. The large numbers of people have very selective memories those jumping up and dwn years ago demanding 2% are now changing tune. Turkey is still a NATO nation and partner. Then of course we have Russ...

Interactive 3D

https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/team-tempest/tempest/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53426886 British Airways has said it will retire all of its Boeing 747s as it suffers from the sharp travel downturn. The UK airline is the world's largest operator of the jumbo jets, with 31 in the fleet. "It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are ...

Maybe a reason

Chinook self deployed to Sierra leone Where from as that is interesting. Did they conduct AAR ? Deployed 3000 miles from RAF Odiham over a couple of days That is interesting but would the US army look at deploying all helos / tilt rotors that way from the US to the Middle East or Far East consideri...

Chinook self deployed to Sierra leone Where from as that is interesting. Did they conduct AAR ? Deployed 3000 miles from RAF Odiham over a couple of days That is interesting but would the US army look at deploying all helos / tilt rotors that way from the US to the Middle East or Far East consideri...

Jake1992 wrote:

SW1 wrote:Chinook self deployed to Sierra leone

Where from as that is interesting.

Did they conduct AAR ?

Deployed 3000 miles from RAF Odiham over a couple of days

Chinook self deployed to Sierra leone

I could see a situation were batteries replace the apu and to provide power for onboard systems. There already being used in modern aircraft for engine start. Think we’re likely to see a synthetic fuel used before too long. Anything that reduces the requirement on fuel volumes at deployed locations ...

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/defence-secretary-ben-wallace-gives-a-speech-at-the-air-and-space-power-conference We need to think carefully about the threats and opportunities we face in the new domains of warfare such as cyber a theme that runs right through this conference. We need to loo...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53411966 MPs have accused the Ministry of Defence of a "lamentable" failure to properly fund new military equipment required for the armed forces. The Public Accounts Committee said it was "extremely frustrated" that the MoD had still not ma...

https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter

This is a resignation letter from a journalist at the New York Times. Should you read it so much of it could be directed at many news organisations over here and what has and the direction of travel,since the eu referendum.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-has-lost-more-than-800-orders-for-the-737-max-this-year/ Though Boeing now anticipates U.S. federal approval to unground its 737 MAX in September, company data released Tuesday shows that in the first half of this year the manufacturer lo...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defence-minister-and-head-of-the-us-army-sign-modernisation-agreement?utm_source=8a697423-305f-462e-8326-e0a6dd3be63c&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate Those working in Yeovil May not be getting that warm fuzzy feel...

KLMs last 3 are already gone and BAs will go by the end of the year

Imagine walking into Boots on the 24th to buy some masks, while not wearing one, and getting fined. :? Btw, they did only say 'face covering'. Which could mean anything. A scarf wrapped around the head, a Hallowe'en mask or the neighbour's cat. :mrgreen: A balaclava a motorcycle helmet do they count?

jedibeeftrix wrote:that would be a daft idea...
...for the uk at least.

Ino just look how good an idea it was last time they sent HMS Prince of Wales to the Far East.

Another big boost for online shopping!