AF-2 1000 hours video (sry if repost)

I would be nothing short of astounded if the RAF and the
French would be willing to compromise their long range ISTAR and strike requirements in order to have a handfull
of airframes in QEII/POW.

Only future will tell. I’d already be astounded if BAE and Dassault could fulfill that project (FCAS) altogether… That would be a huge progress

Eurofighter Typhoon repair in Saudi Arabia

Sry if repost

THURSDAY 17 JULY 2014

The Advanced Electronic Company (AEC), based in Saudi Arabia, has become the first approved Typhoon avionics repair agent outside Europe and as such is now an approved supplier to BAE Systems for 2 Avionics boxes on the RSAF’s Typhoon aircraft.

This is a major step forward for the defence industry in Saudi Arabia and it enables AEC and BAE Systems to further their local support arrangements to the Royal Saudi Air Force’s (RSAF) Typhoon aircraft with immediate effect.

As part of BAE Systems’ Industrialisation Programme the Company has been working closely with AEC and Rockwell Collins Deutschland, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM), to establish indigenous repair capabilities in the Kingdom in order to provide sovereign support to the RSAF’s Typhoon fleet.

Over the next three years, BAE Systems Saudi Arabia and AEC, working together with other OEM’s will transfer the repair capability of a further 35 Avionic boxes to the Kingdom creating in excess of 120 highly skilled technical jobs for young Saudis.

At an event to celebrate this milestone Mr Andy Carr, Managing Director and CEO of BAE Systems Saudi Arabia, commented that: “Industrialisation is a cornerstone of BAE Systems’ strategy in Kingdom; success in this area very important to our customers, our partners, the Saudi community and the company. I congratulate AEC on their success in achieving this significant milestone.”

“AEC has shown over a long period of time that is a very capable organisation and takes a great deal of pride in what they do. It has previously worked on elements of the Tornado programme where it was the best performing supplier on the whole supply chain.”

Dr Ghassan Shibl CEO of AEC, added: “This is a small first step for AEC and we look forward to developing our Typhoon capability over the next few years. We are proud to be working so closely with BAE Systems and to be a part of the Typhoon family.”

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And a few days later, what seem to have been Russian military aircraft also flew into Swedish airspace. As I said, it is a long-running saga. It was being played when I was child in short trousers, and will probably still be running when I am dead and gone.

The only people who get excited about such incidents are newspaper journalists faced with the annual dearth of news created by the holiday season, and some members of aviation fora. Curiously, few of the latter seem interested in the occasional incidents initiated by the Swedish air force (perhaps because they leave little room for anti-US or anti-Russian kneejerk reactions?)

Maybe we need good journalists to tell us the stories? 😀

Nope, long and painful process…

Last news i heard was about used Mirage F-1

Why would i be bitter? I am sorry UK didn’t get CATOBAR and F-35 C instead of B. I am also sorry because it means our carriers won’t be really interoperable (at the moment we expect, both UK and Fr to have a common use of carriers)
I won’t go dig for hours internet to get that video for you. But it is available. Sir Peter Ricketts. Nov 13th 2012. He said very interesting things about Lancaster House treaty and the use of carriers btw. The complete video is not anymore on Assemblée Nationale site, but you can search and ask for it by mail on their site (hint : use that date and “Patricia Adam” as name, here http://videos.assemblee-nationale.fr/recherche.html). Do your homework instead of attempting to discredit people (an old troll tactics).
You are getting tiring. Whatever your link says, Mr Ricketts said it was a cost issue. Btw, isn’t CATOBAR scheduled using EMALs for QE class MLU? Or did that also change?