SW1 wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 14:38
mrclark303 wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 14:23
SW1 wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 13:18
mrclark303 wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 12:54
tomuk wrote: ↑08 Nov 2023, 02:08
Jensy wrote: ↑07 Nov 2023, 16:57
Oh what a surprise:
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 us on the posterior.
Not that anyone will be held responsible for this cronyism and corruption.
What agreed timeframe? I didn't think we had even agreed the business case yet.
So what exactly is causing the delay, considering it's a thoroughly well known and understood system and airframe combination, there certainly shouldn't be any unknown issues??
Or has the MOD done it's usual and demanded changes and alterations from the base spec??
The point of procuring a known and in service system, is to stop delays and unexpected additional expenses.
Is it thoroughly well know? Both of the far more experienced aircraft conversion specialists in the U.K. walked away because they were way underestimating what was involved.
Add to that most Boeing a/c program over the past 4 years has been suspended from delivery for at least 18 months due to incompetence in engineering and manufacturing practices which has lead to increased scrutiny on all supplementary type certification of their a/c.
Also pandemic supply chain issues that persist.
It was neither a known system or in production, issues arise no matter what yarns were spun to get it on contract in the beginning.
Well it's it's produced and in full service with Australia, in service and in production with South Korea and Turkey....
So what would be the unknown, in service with three countries SW1, what am I missing here??
Has the MOD specified a UK only modification ( something unique and exquisitely expensive) as per usual??
The fact it was once produced 15 years ago does not make it in production. I supposed you could have asked for exactly the same radar and exactly the same a/c that was produced 15 years ago but as they don’t exist you might have been waiting a while.
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 from the South Korean assembly line, we would already have the first in service, with the other two well underway.
The South Koreans have this 'peculiar habit' with high end engineering of actually getting quality equipment built and delivered, on time and on budget.