new guy wrote: ↑10 Nov 2023, 20:36 What helicopters does the H160 replace in the french armed forces?

Marine Nationale:
Alouette III
Dauphin
Panther

French Air Force:
Fennec
Puma

French Army:
Gazelle
Fennec
Puma

c.420 aircraft, with some designs 65 odd years old, replaced by 169 vastly more capable.

This is a bit of a topic but does anyone know what docks in Devonport can fit a T26? From what I understand only 8 dock will be large enough since 10 dock will be refitted for submarine work and the Frigate Refit Complex is too small. Should also fit in the combined No.11/12 dock / the lock next to...

I have noticed I can’t get x/twitter links to post has been quite annoying Was driving me mad. Particularly on phone. Actually gave up on a few posts. Only way around it is to edit the URL manually from: x.com/[URL] to twitter.com/[URL] Though I suspect at some point Musk will kill off the twitter....

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/b-21-takes-sky-first-time-flight-testing-begins She flys https://x.com/shorealonefilms/status/1722993343485866184?s=61&t=-w58-AqEK8dlq02bHexwZA You beat me to it! Though for some reason, since switching to 'X' the videos no longer appea...

Brunei and cyprus have, for years, had different fleets to the ones in the uk. Not that much unusual in this decision which has nothing to do with chinooks. The central argument of NMH was moving away from small and diverse fleets. Whatever logic might be served by having small fleets of a widely u...

Brunei and cyprus have, for years, had different fleets to the ones in the uk. Not that much unusual in this decision which has nothing to do with chinooks. The central argument of NMH was moving away from small and diverse fleets. Whatever logic might be served by having small fleets of a widely u...

Another day, and other inexplicable MoD decision. Six brand new H145s for Brunei and Cyprus. https://twitter.com/FlightGlobal/status/1722980531992777171?t=t8dw3gw2npCmFV533v90bg&s=19 Where this leaves the remainder of NMH is anyone's guess. As always, when something involves the RAF and helicopt...

Well, if MRSS is any bigger than the Albion Class they won't be dry-docking at Devonport.

We also learnt a number of key lessons from working in close collaboration with industry and the MOD

I bet they have...

there's still a sea Harrier acting as a 'Jetty Guardian' on Princess Royal Jetty in Portsmouth. I've admired it on Google Earth! Almost tempted to suggest a historic RN warbird (non-flying) should be embarked on the global deployments. Would make a perfect backdrop and we're not exactly stuffing th...

We don't need a big country, we need a figuratively one. The Czech could be an option, since they had soviet Aerospace industry. Like the Swedish they don't need to buy, just chip in, in order to be called European. Spain, despite being a massive long shot, would be a good fit. Eurofighter member, ...

When type 82 was to be built to support the cva-01 carriers it was to be a class of 4 vessels, why would that change now. It was originally a class of 8 Each deployed carrier would have had 4 T82 as outer defence & 4 T12i Leander as the inner defence (all ASW capable) Correct. Four per carrier....

In production (and being delivered in South Korea and Turkey), the point being that the airfix instructions have been long written and refined and are in current use by two countries... Step one, glue pilot to seat ect, etc.... So, what's the actual hold up, anyone know?? I dare say had we ordered ...

You can retain the mission bay though I think it is pointless and the towed sonar, simply have 64 vls at the front for the RN it could even retain the aft camm launchers. The missile load cost will be astronomical. A good point. I'd personally rather ditch the MK.45 than the mission bay, and in tur...

Naval News: BAE Offers Evolved, Up-Armed Hunter For Australia The proposal adds 64 additional VLS cells and eight more anti-ship missiles to the design. ... If the RAN elected to remove the 5 inch Mk 45 gun, Lockhart said, it would enable the VLS count to grow even more to 128 cells – which surpass...

Naval News: BAE Offers Evolved, Up-Armed Hunter For Australia The proposal adds 64 additional VLS cells and eight more anti-ship missiles to the design. https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/indo-pacific-2023/2023/11/bae-offers-evolved-up-armed-hunter-for-australia/ If the RAN elected to remove the ...

Folks, can we try to limit the 'quoting'? Maybe like a max of 1-2. The little arrow is a direct link to the original post anyhow, so the text and images don't need to be included, unless you're replying to something specific. Makes it very hard to read and we're not far off having only five posts pe...

Oh what a surprise: https://twitter.com/bealejonathan/status/1721933100731548137?t=zV0rHaG0uFjtGhteCXX7dA&s=19 The lies told by the MoD, in order to single source from their favourite US Defence Contractor / provider of cushty advisory and board positions seem to have finally come back to bite u...

Am I the only one who sees a correlation between germany possibly opting for GCAP and RUSI releasing an article that more money is needed? Apart from that: Germany will try to seal a GCAP participation asap if Scholz actually decides to abandon FCAS - which is still pretty unlikely imho. The rusi a...

I assume it only for nostalgia that people wish to see harrier on a QE carrier. It doesn’t really compare to the f35 Personally, I'd rather see a Stringbag! Probably got enough room for a landing and take-off, without dragging it back. We're on the verge of having three airworthy examples in the UK...

Morning! Quite right about FA2, hence the 'second gen' bit. A radar fit for a top end interceptor, not enough other improvements. Despite restarting the Shar production line. Meanwhile GR.5 with all the potential that ended up in the GR.9 and no radar... *** Shakes fist at dog murderer Heseltine - ...

Yeh the decision to get rid of the FA2 by the RN was a bad decision - but saved money, would be good to some harriers on the deck of a QEC ! 1st time ? along with the italian F35... The type qualification efforts might not be worth the effort. Though I'd love to see it! My above tweet was actually ...

Somewhat off topic, but I hope you'll indulge me. Four EAV-8B Matador IIs of the Spanish Armada, flying from Juan Carlos, with an Italian F-35B: https://twitter.com/STRIKFORNATO/status/1721188872770453561?t=WTI3Uwkd3y8G5NHNr9OYBw&s=19 Occured to me that the Spanish have got twice the life (26yrs...

The more partners you have you will always have discussions of definition of the program I don’t think there’s much room for discussion on timelines that window is nearly closed things are further on that what’s public. I personally think typhoon and tornado worked out alright. If you said it was u...

I don’t think Germany are as bad as many make out, I think in some areas there stance allows others with similar concerns cover to say not much but in reality they think the same just don’t say it because they know Germany will take the flak. We do share a lot in common with them in world outlook I...