We are all.

The direct quote is “Meteor has an NEZ 3x greater than the AMRAAM that it was designed to replace”. That was the AIM-120B.. not the C or anything newer.

NO. I am explcitely talking about a MBDA engineer talking to other engineer in 2015. http://fr.calameo.com/read/0000097790970dadaed3c p39
min 3xNEZ vs any in service armament.

It isn’t a matter of wanting more toys, rather meeting the minimum of defense needs. 68 aircraft would be bare minimum to fill three active squadrons (RNLAF F-16 squadrons have ~15-16 aircraft). 37 aircraft wouldn’t even fill two squadrons considering training and support airframes (four aren’t even going to leave US…. or I should say the OT aircraft aren’t going to be based outside of US as they were recently in Netherlands)

Agree (yes! it CAN happen)

the UAE -9 aren’t NATO compatible. And UAE do not want to sell them, they are quite happy with them (they sent them to eastern africa to bomb in Yemen)

New post is up if you guys still interested haha
Electro optic Part I

Thank you GarryA for sharing. Just an anecdot to enlighten you. I used these type of data, knowing the sensor invovled when i wrote about DDM NG. MBDA asked me to remove the part about what we call here colour of temperature (too much “reverse engineering” ntheir opinion)… in exchange, they agreed officially that DDM-NG isn’t only an ignition detector. 😉

First succesful shot of sea venom/ ANL missile

http://www.mbda-systems.com/press-releases/bruiser-loose-successful-first-firing-mbdas-sea-venom-anl/

Apparently, the Senate has also authorized the Economic Order Quantity for Lots 12 – 14 setting the wheels in motion for the first hybrid block buy for the program.

Is it legal? I thought it was only possible for proven trouble free programs and only as an exception)?