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- 12 Apr 2024, 14:10
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481590
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
I'm afraid Rosyth does not have the capability to design a new escort. They have never done any. T31 design was bought from Denmark. T31-mod can be, but I'm afraid they do not know how to make it ASW-quiet enough. Babcock doesn’t need to design anything. A partnership with BMT could continue the de...
- 12 Apr 2024, 14:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481590
- 10 Apr 2024, 13:33
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 5663
- Views: 1481590
Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Accelerated? To get back on schedule or to improve delivery date?imperialman wrote: ↑09 Apr 2024, 22:01 This outsourcing is designed to ensure that the construction schedules of the Type 26 frigates are accelerated
Thanks for the update George
- 09 Apr 2024, 15:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
- 08 Apr 2024, 14:38
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
It is quite sad we do not seem to have a Merlin successor (or one in the works) to compete in the larger bracket. The UK does have "one in the works". It's the lead nation in the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability (NGRC) program designed to replace many medium helo's across Europe and ...
- 07 Apr 2024, 13:39
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
- 06 Apr 2024, 13:42
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5477
- Views: 1540060
- 06 Apr 2024, 13:39
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
And you can have the exactly same dipping sonar and processing system that is on merlin on wildcat now. The South Koreans bought it. Thales sell it as compact flash basically they used new materials, replaced hydraulics with electrics to reduce the weight and shrink. And a much shorter cable so no,...
- 03 Apr 2024, 14:11
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8490
- Views: 2189047
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
When told that the Iver Huitfeldt was a "proven" design during the Type 31 selection, I asked what exactly had been proved other than they could float and move?
- 02 Apr 2024, 14:24
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6128
- Views: 1851089
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
*ASRAAM capableTempest414 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2024, 14:15 Maybe the RM could do with some CAMM capable Vikings
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- 02 Apr 2024, 13:44
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6095
- Views: 1751706
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Jeesh that's a bit sad.Timmymagic wrote: ↑02 Apr 2024, 11:47 So we could be due a bumper delivery at the back end of the year of 6 a/c, that to all intents and purposes increases the fleet by 20%. True combat capable fleet by 25%+.
- 01 Apr 2024, 13:49
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I don't think either are correct. The Navy intends the T31's to have a regular service life and the NSS doesn't mention Parker's idea of selling on "young" ships. Not all of his recommendations were adopted. "Not all" doing some very heavy lifting there Ron! We might all want mo...
- 31 Mar 2024, 17:12
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
"Not all" doing some very heavy lifting there Ron! Sorry but what does that mean? This particular idea from Parker has been dropped. It was agreeing with you. Suggesting that a great many of Parker's other concepts (particularly in supply chain and distributed build) have similarly gone o...
- 31 Mar 2024, 15:26
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 695
- Views: 194375
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Martlet is a Navy name for a Navy air to ground missile in Navy service. LMM is the name the Army uses for its surface to air missile. Please keep up. It's the same missile. If you're going to be that petty you should also have picked up that Starstreak is not the name that the Army uses either. Ac...
- 31 Mar 2024, 14:28
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6095
- Views: 1751706
- 31 Mar 2024, 14:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6128
- Views: 1851089
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Great that settles it then HMT 600 even with brimstone or 105mm can be lifted by a Chinook Probably why its been seen towing the light gun. Well, I think that's a Coyote. Bit far away to be sure. Oops no, they are Jackals :cry: https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/wp-content/webp-express/webp-images/uplo...
- 31 Mar 2024, 14:16
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
- 31 Mar 2024, 14:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
I don't think either are correct. The Navy intends the T31's to have a regular service life and the NSS doesn't mention Parker's idea of selling on "young" ships. Not all of his recommendations were adopted. "Not all" doing some very heavy lifting there Ron! We might all want mo...
- 31 Mar 2024, 14:02
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 695
- Views: 194375
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Martlet is a Navy name for a Navy air to ground missile in Navy service. LMM is the name the Army uses for its surface to air missile. Please keep up.
- 30 Mar 2024, 15:07
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6095
- Views: 1751706
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Joint Harrier was a disaster. Invincibles usually just deployed with helo's at that time.
One of the many "benefits" of Naval Aviation being owned by the RAF.
One of the many "benefits" of Naval Aviation being owned by the RAF.
- 30 Mar 2024, 15:05
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
20-25 year service life should be a pretty standard goal. They shouldn’t be doing mid life upgrades either. They should be big enough and simple enough with an open architecture command system to have relatively straight fwd capability insertion periodically at relatively short dry docking periods ...
- 30 Mar 2024, 15:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19310
- Views: 9645809
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
there is the fact that the T31's are not intended to have a long service life (in the RN). A) is that a fact B) is that realistic ? A good life plan would be 20 years with a mid life upgrade at 10 years pretty much written into the NSS - that the purpose of the type31 is to reduce service life to g...
- 30 Mar 2024, 14:51
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 695
- Views: 194375
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
The missile in service with France in the MANPADS role is Mistral, which is heat-seeking. Startreak (and Martlet) are command to line of sight guided and as such somewhat more capable against drones. So possibly that? Martlet is a Navy air to ground missile. I think you mean LMM. Very similar missi...
- 30 Mar 2024, 12:35
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6095
- Views: 1751706
- 28 Mar 2024, 13:06
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Project Mosquito / Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA)
- Replies: 128
- Views: 37288
Re: Project Mosquito / Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA)
This I understood: UK RAF Seeking More Advanced Autonomous Collaborative Platforms Tony Osborne March 27, 2024 LONDON–The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) is hoping to field an attritable autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) to operate and provide mass to its combat aircraft fleets by 2030, the service’s...