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  • July 16, 2018 at 4:28 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136498
    mrmalaya
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    I get the sense they are all keeping their powder dry in preparation for some articles.

    It has also become apparent that the design features large bolt on pods and a weapons bay full of UCAVs amongst other things….

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    July 16, 2018 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136518
    mrmalaya
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    It’s not very clear, but here is the RR graphic on the engine with mention of distortion tolerance:

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    July 16, 2018 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136568
    mrmalaya
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    yes on that note, the emphasis appears to be on the systems, weapons and connectivity rather than making it a Mach3 supercruiser.

    July 16, 2018 at 1:50 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136580
    mrmalaya
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    Sweden and Italy are also unaligned (and I’m not clear on why the potential partners need to be outside of the EU)?

    This project is funded and the R&D is already underway to finalise the best balance between stealth and all of the other requirements. It incorporates work that has already been concluded by the team and will see Typhoon upgraded with technology developed for this programme and vice versa. It is very much a Typhoon replacement and Japan now has the choice of the US and the UK for it’s collaborative partner.

    I personally see lots of ways in which efforts to reduce risk and cost have been planned into the programme.

    July 16, 2018 at 12:27 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136624
    mrmalaya
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    -RR are aiming to push thrust to weight and power generation to new levels with their engine. They also are planning to use magnets within the engine to convert kinetic to electrical energy.

    -IOC is aimed at 2035 with the planning finalised by 2020.

    -MBDA will put DEW, Swarming weapons and Hypersonic weapons into Tempest:
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    Courtesy of Tim Robinson on twitter.

    July 16, 2018 at 12:16 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136633
    mrmalaya
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    The broader Combat Air Strategy is published in handout form here:

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725601/CombatAirTrifold_PRINT.PDF

    With full document here:

    https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/combat-air-strategy-an-ambitious-vision-for-the-future

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    July 16, 2018 at 12:10 pm in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136644
    mrmalaya
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    If you ask me, and based on what has been said in the run up to this reveal, the airframe is designed so as not to have to reinvent the wheel (thus raising costs and the chance of delay). I think the top view undermines the idea that it’s just a warmed over Replica though:

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    Again from Tim Robinson on twitter.

    The nose is noticeably flattened from the front.

    During the ongoing briefing AVM Rochelle is quoted as saying: “Funding is real. We are working at pace.”

    July 16, 2018 at 11:41 am in reply to: Team Tempest Future Fighter from the UK #2136655
    mrmalaya
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    It actually looks like a modernised Replica with A2A nose, and single seat cockpit from what i can tell.

    Now we get a better view it doesn’t…..

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    Pictures courtesy of Tim Robinson of the RAeS on twitter.

    July 15, 2018 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Anglo-French UCAV (FCAS) #2136716
    mrmalaya
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    We will find out on Monday what the UK intends to do with Future fighters, UCAVs and everything Combat Air….

    July 10, 2018 at 11:47 am in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon discussion and news 2015 #2138180
    mrmalaya
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    The first of the Project Centurion Typhoons are now with the RAF:

    http://www.janes.com/article/81570/raf-receives-first-centurion-typhoons-ahead-of-tornado-retirement

    All the details on fleet numbers and standards are on that article as it happens.

    July 5, 2018 at 6:36 pm in reply to: Joint BAE Systems/SAAB 6-Gen Fighter Program #2139196
    mrmalaya
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    There was a similar sentiment around Rafale until recently :D.

    Unless the Swedish plan to keep the E in service beyond 2040, and aren’t interested in the sort of systems the UK are looking at, I think there is something to it.

    UK interest in networked fighter UCAV fleets is in line with Swedish thinking too.

    It also promises greater workshare than the French and Germans will offer.

    July 5, 2018 at 1:52 pm in reply to: Joint BAE Systems/SAAB 6-Gen Fighter Program #2139290
    mrmalaya
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    Ah you beat me to it.

    Great news and certainly something which could prove very good for both countries.

    July 4, 2018 at 1:43 pm in reply to: Anglo-French UCAV (FCAS) #2139552
    mrmalaya
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    Aaah, good for them! It actually looks like some thought has gone into that and you can see why Dassault have been given the lead over that dated Airbus concept/offering.

    July 4, 2018 at 10:44 am in reply to: Anglo-French UCAV (FCAS) #2139564
    mrmalaya
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    I put this very long article here because it deals with the Anglo-French UAV amongst other issues relating to the UK FCAS effort:

    https://www.aerosociety.com/news/uk-mulls-sixth-generation-fighter-project/

    Essentially, the UK now has at least 2 acknowledged programmes/teams dealing with Future aircraft, whether that is manned or unmanned- separate from the cross-channel effort.

    I personally think that the UK will join with another country or countries on the future manned fighter requirement (Typhoon replacement) but produce a marketable UCAV domestically that will work alongside Typhoon and F35 (big export potential).

    June 30, 2018 at 7:55 am in reply to: Future of Belgian Air Component #2140145
    mrmalaya
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    Thanks for the info, but is that a purely French change because the confusion doesn’t make sense unless other parties are referring to the drone project as SCAF. Anyway, does DP stand for ‘dead project’?

    :confused:

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