UK is always better off collaborating with europe on arms stuff because it is automatically a senior partner and peer of france and germany in capability and economy.
the 2600:150 US:UK buy ratio tells its own tale.

Kohler has just been blunt about the reality which people try to avert their eyes from – the US doesnt treat anyone as a equal, it doesnt need to.

I agree, the UK has again spent too much money on too few aircraft.

The RAF should have become a all Typhoon force and the FAA could have purchased STOVL JSF like everyone else.

I guess its too late to save any money by pulling out of the program 🙁

Any idea whether the Italian or planned Japanese KC-767 can themselves be refuelled?

Anyone have photos of the Italian (top forward fuselage)?

Yes they can, you can see the receptacle bump just above the cockpit in the first set of photos.
More images here http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/tanker/767photos.html
The Japanese KC-767 isn’t shown with a receptacle though?

According to Brassey’s world aircraft and systems directory 1999/2000

– max diameter or width is 32.5ins (826mm)
– lenght is 204.9 (5,204mm)
– specific fuel comsuption (also with AB) it doesn’t say but AMX spey is 0.659lb/lbf/hr (18.67g/KNs) take-off maximum and BAC 1-11 spey is 0.82lb/lbf/hr (23.23g/KNs).
– airflow ?
– dry weight is 4,093lb (1,856kg)

Hope that helps.

Ikara thread in Missiles and Munitions Forum http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=30787

Lockheed Martin morphing UAV and sub launched MPUAV pics.

Try this http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/aircraft_pages/ka-52.htm and this http://www.flymig.com/maks_pictures/html/by.KA_52.htm

Are UCAVs going to be designed like cars ”Same shape, different make” 🙂

X-45 and X-47 site http://www.darpa.mil/j-ucas/

Some info here http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb1.html and here http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/index.html