Future of the Hawk...
Attended interesting lecture last night by a senior airworthiness engineer from BAe Brough.
(1) After the current order of T2 Hawks for Qatar is complete, the production line will be closed.
(2) The Out Of Service Date for T1 is 2030, T2 2040
(3) BAe have had discussions with MOD about building 12 jets for RAFAT. No progress (or order) was ever made. His feeling is that RAFAT has 10 years and that's it...
(4) There are no plans for any replacement aircraft, they think by 2040 training will all be done on simulators, Typhoon will be winding down and Tempest will be umanned...
They will continue to make money by updating existing airframes with new avionics and new wing.
Last edited by Nige321; 17th Jan 2020 at 22:08.