Curious timing for a news release from NG: https://news.northropgrumman.com/news/features/mesa-radar-sets-sights-on-airborne-battlespace Informative piece, though maybe not for those who find the phrase 'warfighter' somewhat irritating... https://s3.amazonaws.com/cms.ipressroom.com/295/files/20218/6...

Mystery 'Mid-East investment fund' is Qatari... https://twitter.com/securitysplat/status/1441358848892149770?s=19 UK aerospace start-up Aeralis has received a boost in its efforts to develop a new jet training aircraft after signing an investment agreement with an unnamed Middle Eastern sovereign we...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxLg8v8bUY Reposting the above, as there's something that seems to have got lost amidst all the submarine shenanigans of the last few weeks. At 3:40, Jonathan Walton confirms (as some here have strongly suggested in the past) that a Sea Ceptor VLS can be positioned i...

Mk 1 eyeball organic submarine detection system ( when surfaced/snorkling ) :thumbup: :lol: Someone's been watching Vigil ;) Some other kit is now showing in this fantasy picture of a type 31 escorting a carrier .. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_-m0iVUcAEsvJz?format=jpg&name=large Deck launched ...

The shed is finished! https://twitter.com/UKDefJournal/status/1441059280711524352?s=19 Seen here below, 'Fife Bob', his lovely wife Roberta, oldest son Rob and young, wee Bobbie on the forklift. (CGI from @NavyLookout): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_-KvLMUUAw9urh?format=jpg&name=large The image ...

New graphic from the MoD too:

Chile will try to build it by themselves. Babcock was building Vard7 OPV and then moved to Arrowhead 140. Chile builds their OPV by their own, so they will surely try local build of Arrowhead 140, as much as Babcock did. Not much hope. Colombia frigate bid was there a few years ago, Venator 110 was...

The question I would be asking is how much more business does the French Government want to lose? Cancelling joint programmes like this would be the height of stupidity. Pushing the UK further away would be a strategic mistake of monumental proportions. You have to ask why the French Ambassador to ...

USAF "Looking Seriously" at E-7 “We are doing internal analysis,” Chief of Staff CQ Brown told reporters today here at the Air Force Foundation’s annual Air, Space & Cyber conference. “The E-7 is a good platform. It’s flown by the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Royal Air Force is ...

On the other side of the Atlantic, some rather unconventional trials for the the C-130 in the next 17 months: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_u9ZbGWUAYu30k?format=jpg&name=small https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-platforms/latest/afsoc-plans-operational-capability-demo-of-amphibious-mc-130j-in...

Didn't the "100 jobs in Derby" quote come up in the announcement about Oz, though? I hope you're not suggesting the UK government would try and 'double dip' an announcement! :wtf: Unlike Tempest, whose £200m preliminary work has been announced so many times you'd think the programme was f...

UK aerospace start-up Aeralis has received a boost in its efforts to develop a new jet training aircraft after signing an investment agreement with an unnamed Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund. https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/inline-images/Aeralis%20Advanced%20Jet%20T...

Well, having reverted back to Boxer... after all these years... (Zoom in on the lower cockpit).. https://i-com.cdn.gaijin.net/monthly_2019_11/1020082-large.jpg.84ba4e823ced531fd3a8bf983187299c.jpg We've always done very well from adapted Sikorsky designs... Still given the opportunity I think AW149 ...

What UK made equipment goes into the Arrowhead-140 design we have sold? I daresay we all know the answer is **** all (with some exceptions)! However nothing to dislike about getting a supposedly 'outdated and pedestrian' warship design onto the market. Unlike Type 26 there may well be buyers out th...

It would seem the earlier Super Vita based proposal is dead (in the water): https://twitter.com/harry_lye/status/1438426244161355778?s=19 Still have a curiosity if the shipbuilding "missed opportunity" that Ben Wallace spoke of to the Select Committee of last year was BAE's lack of capacit...

I'm rather curious what Naval Group will do now. $90bn Aus is a rather gigantic contract to lose.

Nice picture from @HistoricFirearm

Nobody get too excited by the weapon spec!

Interesting choice of flags at the Tempest display: https://twitter.com/TeamTempestUK/status/1437740335698952194?s=19 Explained as: Our stand includes the flags of Sweden, Italy and Japan to pay tribute to the international relationships we are developing as we work to design a Future Combat Air Sys...

Thought the below image gave a rather good perspective of the relative size of the future minehunting platforms from Atlas Elektronik UK:



Definitely bigger than I thought.

As odd as selling off your share in Airbus for peanuts - Exiting regional jet industry just as it 'took off' - Selling the bizjet line to Raytheon - Divesting aerostructures - Selling Gripen share (Sweden may have left no choice) There's competition... General Dynamics, building aircraft? What is t...

Mind you BAE not developing a replacement for the Hawk made no sense either....there you are with a massive export hit on your hands and you never get around to replacing it as it ages... Even in a crowded market place it seemed an odd decision. What a waste of a large, existing customer base. Sout...

In what way is it a candidate for the RAF? I don't think the winner of the RAF competition included these folks and the RAF prototype is being built in Northern Ireland by Spirit. At first, I was similarly puzzled. However, I believe Northrop Grumman UK is also part of the winning 'Team Mosquito', ...

Aviation Week's defence editor has been inside the famous Plant 42 today, and shared this: https://twitter.com/TheDEWLine/status/1435681220550008832?s=19 Full size (worth zooming, there's at least three different UCAVs on show in the background): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-yQdLTVEAU3Wo7?format=jp...

Another fixed wing aircraft for our carriers





From QinetiQ's range of target drones:
https://www.qinetiq.com/en/what-we-do/t ... al-targets

A first in RAF service: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-tfvYLWYAMpSGi?format=jpg&name=large https://twitter.com/MatMoore6/status/1435346176618999815?s=19 For those with Twitter plug-in issues: Today was a great day at work. First UK A400M AAR Sortie, crewed and flown by personnel from 206sqn. The ...