Haha you are kidding, you must be.
:rolleyes:
So when is the last time wings were strapped to a submarine and it was sent into the air?
Do you even know the origin of the problems of the Nimrod program? I would very much doubt it.
The “worthless UAVs” as you put it, are all demonstrators, intended only to build the knowledge base.
To that end, I am aware Brazil and India have built a number of UAVs, but none of them would seem to have much consideration for VLO characteristics. Hence the experience of engineers.
Additionally, who are the Brazilian and Indian aircraft engine manufacturers?
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I think as an organisation, BAe are useless, so are Airbus*. But the problems are stemming from bad managers, bloated procurement branches wielding unhealthy degrees of influence and the proliferation of project managers throughout – project managers who actually do more to hinder the engineers executing any project than help them. By and by large, the engineers are excellent.
*I expect COMAC to bury Airbus within 20 years if they don’t get their finger outta their ass. If anyone high up in EADS reads this (some chance) – you need to grow a set of balls and get a grip on your procurement/project managers – the engineers can fix your company, but only if you get rid of 80% of those other clowns! No-one with less than 15 years experience of engineering in multiple areas should be allowed to project manage or be in management. No-one with less than 10 years experience of engineering should be allowed to be in procurement.
I’m personally sick of having to deal with f**kwits that cannot even understand their own procedures, never mind what is required to design/build complex machines.
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