UK stealth

[West Coast]

Watched a history channel show about the evolution of stealth. It seemed fairly recent, at least I hadn't seen it before and the material was very current. It made a quick mention of a possible (manned I believe) stealth being developed in the UK. I believe the name assigned to the program was HALO. Ok, what's the story?

[ShyTorque]

In UK, under Tony Bliar's dictatorship we're paying a huge amount of money for this type of thing.

We call it Stealth Tax. :*

[BEagle]

See http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3590

HALO stands for Hostile Artillery Location System. See http://www.baesystems.com/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2003/press_260220032.html .

Which will disappoint the conspiracy theorists!

My guess is that current research will probably focus more on UCAV stealth - see http://www.baesystemsmarine.co.uk/newsroom/2006/dec/071206news1.htm .

But what did crash at Boscombe Down on the night of 26 Sep 1994?

Is that a black Omegaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh.........

[SirToppamHat]

If memory serves, the only context in which I have come across HALO is High-Altitude Low Opening as applied to covert insertion by parachute.

I think it is worth noting that the whole of the RAF is now stealthy - there are so few ac and people left that we/they are terribly difficult to find!

;)

STH

[West Coast]

HALO with regard to stealth:

High altitude, low observable

[diginagain]

Westy, your definition just about covers the grown-ups in charge of the RAF.

[BossEyed]

For stories on BAES manned LO programmes, Google 'REPLICA' (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn3590).

As for events in 1994 at BD, who says anything happened?

Oh, the Internet does - so it must be true. :rolleyes:

[Jimmy Macintosh]

I think it was the stealth aircraft being developed by BAE Systems at Warton. It appeared in Flight international about 2-3 years ago. They had got to the point of a large scale model, and they used a large part of the aircraft in the Northrop Grumman Bid for the JSF programme, which was ruled out of the competition just before the build phase.

[ZH875]

I think it was the stealth aircraft being developed by BAE Systems at Warton. It appeared in Flight international about 2-3 years ago. They had got to the point of a large scale model, and they used a large part of the aircraft in the Northrop Grumman Bid for the JSF programme, which was ruled out of the competition just before the build phase.There are now 3 squadrons of them based at Machriha............

Hey mate, nice Omega, Black one if I am not mistaken..:p

[cornish-stormrider]

Honestly, you guys. Just because your neighbour owns a black Omega and wears natty suits and shades don't make him 5, 6 or whatever the latest codewords are!

Hmmmmmmmmmm Looks like him next door has ditched his Mondeo and bought a nice big Black Vauxhall.........

Crrrrivvvennnssssssssss!!

Offski time............

[PICKS135]

Found the British Stealth programme. All the research at that place near Amesbury, went into producing this.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007100405,00.html

[Olly O'Leg]

Great - looks like said brolly was designed by British Waste'o'space itself - very aerodynamic and I'm sure it's easier to hold, but correct me if I'm wrong, if the wind is blowing hard, surely the rain's at a greater angle and therefore the huge area they've chopped off the front renders it bloody useless???

[MrBernoulli]

Rotate it through 180 degrees?