The new ECRS Mk 2 radar on Typhoon looks as though it could be transformational, especially given the Electronic Attack capabilities. There’s a big piece on it at:

https://www.facebook.com/aerospaceanalysis/posts/1550084768531009?__tn_…

First Qatari pilots finish conversion training.

https://www.facebook.com/aerospaceanalysis/posts/1389655207907300?__tn__=K-R

Hope you will resume putting the news..nobody else can take up the job as you do.

This.

Expensive? Perhaps. But there’s nothing more expensive than not achieving mission success.

So it’s not yet operational. No biggy. It won’t take long. Though the failure to provide a two-way datalink seems odd.

While the AMRAAM held an advantage in every way to the Sparrow, Meteor only holds a range advantage over the AMRAAM.

Not so. Meteor betters AIM-120D AMRAAM in virtually every respect and in every parameter, with the exception of initial acceleration. That’s not a disadvantage, by the way, it’s key to the Meteor’s lethality.

AMRAAM’s motor burns until it’s out of fuel. You can’t do anything to alter that. It’s like an expensive firework.

The requirement was for a NEZ 2 x that of AMRAAM. They’ve achieved much better than 3 x the NEZ.

It’s not about range, it’s about being able to throttle the motor to save energy for the endgame. When Meteor gets close to its target it still has lots of fuel and potential energy to out-turn and out accelerate the threat. AMRAAM is coasting by the same phase, and is losing energy all the time.

What external stores are actually cleared on Rafale – not just fit-checked but flown, cleared and in service? I know it’s a long list!

There is no such thing as a ‘new Tempest fighter’. Tempest is a collection of Technology Demonstration Programme, and the plastic model unveiled last year just one of a number of concepts. What it eventually looks like will depend on how the eventual requirement is drawn up.