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- 08 Jan 2024, 11:40
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 771723
Re: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
Reuters story...sanity finally prevails. https://www.reuters.com/world/germany-will-not-oppose-further-eurofighters-saudi-arabia-2024-01-07/?utm_source=reddit.com Reuters TEL AVIV, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Germany is prepared to allow further deliveries of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia, German Foreign M...
- 05 Jan 2024, 14:58
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 865
- Views: 320272
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Any guarantee the work will take place at Barrow? Thats where it was done previously and where all of the experience in the titanium fabrication is. Pretty much nailed on. I guess the equipment is still there but how much of that knowledge and skill has gone to the wind over the years? It only ende...
- 05 Jan 2024, 09:33
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 865
- Views: 320272
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Thats where it was done previously and where all of the experience in the titanium fabrication is. Pretty much nailed on.
- 04 Jan 2024, 14:59
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 865
- Views: 320272
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Some good news.... BAE in Barrow in Furness back in M777 business....all the complex Titanium stuff is at Barrow... Now all we need is barrel manufacture and artillery propellant....suspect both will happen in due course... https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1742902392054567417 BAE Press Releas...
- 19 Dec 2023, 12:21
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1013
- Views: 434677
Re: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
I can go down the 'rabbit hole' for ages on Secret Projects. It's always interesting to remember the RN drive in the 70's and early 80's to retain mass by building cheaper (and proposing) comparatively small warships, few exceeding 4,000 tons. Compare a 1970's patrol frigate, the T21 GP to today's ...
- 18 Dec 2023, 17:37
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
- Replies: 1013
- Views: 434677
Re: Type 23 Frigate (Duke Class) (RN) [News Only]
This might be a daft question....but I'll ask it anyway. T23's have 3 seperate superstructures. The forward superstructure with the bridge, the midships superstructure with funnels and the stern superstructure with the hangar. I can understand the need for the gap between the bridge and midships sup...
- 18 Dec 2023, 11:13
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2432
- Views: 536833
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
It would be funny if GD was only renting the racking....over the years the cost may have used up all their profit margin....
- 17 Dec 2023, 09:38
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
- Replies: 612
- Views: 214036
Re: Apache Attack Helicopter (British Army Air Corps)
Its always been one of the big questions marks for our Apache's (from me), if we had put it on the AH1 I think we would have used them during the Afghanistan war and then we would have gotten our moneys worth with that investment. After that you could have made sure it was on the E's from the start...
- 15 Dec 2023, 16:17
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Morpheus Cancelled
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1094
- 15 Dec 2023, 15:21
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 865
- Views: 320272
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Interesting thread on Caesar....turns out its not all that. I've never been a fan of Caesar. Useful for firefighting, expeditionary type warfare. But seems to have a lot of the drawbacks of SPG's (size, cost) but few of the advantages (little armour, reliance on manual loading and exposed crew, even...
- 13 Dec 2023, 16:31
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19330
- Views: 9712933
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Does anyone know if the RN has trialled the 40mm "upgrade kit" for the DS30M? It seems that that might be an interim solution, particularly for vessels where a larger change might require an element of re-design (T45/ T26), or where life is limited (T23). Once the BAE 40mm has been adopte...
- 11 Dec 2023, 08:06
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1755399
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Is this the same Nicholas Drumond who was ecently advocating "gifting" all of UK Challenger MBT to Ukraine and UK then buying Leopard II to replace them? Whilst being employed by IIRC KNDS!! I wonder if he also has a consultancy agrement with LM..... Suspect more a case of helping out a f...
- 08 Dec 2023, 22:01
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1755399
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
This is just stupid, firstly there's no money, secondly there's a desperate requirement to fill up carriers in a time of war and thirdly it would fook up Tempest... Why does this idea keep getting rolled out every year??? https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1733087811304116578 I've reached t...
- 07 Dec 2023, 08:57
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Hill Helicopters
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3223
Re: Hill Helicopters
If they can certify it and build it at that price....they'll sell a thousand +....best intentions etc... https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732450434650968485 https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732483063857222106 https://twitter.com/HillHelicopters/status/1732482615687471235 https:...
- 06 Dec 2023, 09:21
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1755399
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
892 NAS would be fitting as they already have lightning in the crest and nice motto. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTbH0TQH-jlT6xCrPz6eDll_8ow3tJUq9QOOI7BYbdY8-wSuJJNWe7Nm6aWR0NRdg86kFQ&usqp=CAU I would still prefer for the next one, if there to be one, 800 or 801 NAS. Bu...
- 05 Dec 2023, 14:41
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Hill Helicopters
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3223
Re: Hill Helicopters
Looks promising...
- 03 Dec 2023, 14:53
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 465361
- 03 Dec 2023, 10:55
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 465361
- 03 Dec 2023, 10:54
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 465361
Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Wow actually a sound and sensible decision! Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of ...
- 01 Dec 2023, 08:27
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 465361
Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
Wow actually a sound and sensible decision! Truth is it never made any sense to use Mk.54. It seriously underperforms compared to Stingray Mod 1, and torpedo's are massively expensive....we've got literally hundreds of Stingray in stock already...with T26 not getting MTLS we've got huge numbers of ...
- 30 Nov 2023, 13:49
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
- Replies: 1271
- Views: 465361
Re: Boeing P-8A Poseidon (MRA Mk.1) (RAF)
The interesting thing will be if a wing kit is developed for it....G White wrote: ↑30 Nov 2023, 13:13 Not seen this before - Stingray for Poseidon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/ra ... don-fleet/
- 29 Nov 2023, 08:57
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1755399
Re: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
I think it's time to start looking at the delivery times of F-35 vs tempest. Tempest with deliveries starting 2035, how quickly will our F-35B Batch 2 order arrive? Is the +27 jets worth it? Used as delay overlap? Batch 3? Larger Batch 2? All important questions. I don't put this against tempest, j...
- 23 Nov 2023, 16:36
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Swedish Armed Forces
- Replies: 238
- Views: 24102
Re: Swedish Armed Forces
Is that Saab's way if saying UK mod should have chosen Saab instead of Boeing, 😂 Think they're well aware that that ship has sailed, as has NATO's fleet replacement. But...there is the potential of a couple of sales for the Scandinavia/Baltic region as a joint fleet..Poland will inevitably get Glob...
- 23 Nov 2023, 11:51
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: New Zealand Defence Force
- Replies: 619
- Views: 39560
Re: New Zealand Defence Force
Finally a clear, up close, look at the CAMM installation.
- 22 Nov 2023, 11:26
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: New Zealand Defence Force
- Replies: 619
- Views: 39560