Originally Posted by
vascodegama
Easy
So do we go for the MRTT -the only boom version at the moment ? What would that do for the contract? Not my PFI but I suspect that would complicate the 3PR side of things somewhat, hence would be a very expensive contract change.
Do we go for boom addition to a Voyager-this would be a new version so who pays for the development?
Who would we dump the existing frames on- I thought that the europeans wanted a tanker with both systems.
Just remind me what PFI stands for!
Not sure why you draw a distinction between Voyager and (A330) MRTT - the former is a subset of the latter. A boom-equipped variant is already in service with the RAAF. My understanding was that it would be a small number of frames and they would stay permanently in the ‘grey’ fleet to avoid the 3PR issue. As to customers for the drogue Voyagers, I thought there was a consortium involving the Dutch and others who intended to push all the capacity into the EATC/MCCE (or whatever!) to trade against airlift requirements....?